Citation Guides

Style Example Quicksheets

• APA Style, 6th edition (2010) <== NEW
• APA Style, 5th edition (2001)
  
  
• MLA Style, 7th edition (2009) <== NEW
• MLA STyle, 6th edition (2003)
  

Endnote Web

Endnote Web allows you Quickly and easily collect reference information from a wide variety of online data sources via direct export, online search, or importing text files.

• EndNote Web Homepage
• Using EndNote Web at WSC
• Quick Reference Card

Specific Citation Styles

• APA (American Psychological Assocation)
  • Manual available at Circulation Desk for check-out.
• APA Style - Official Website, 6th edition (2010) <== NEW
  • The Basics of APA Style
  • What's New in the Sixth Edition of the Publication Manual
  • Learning Resources
  • APA Style Blog
• Help for DOIs & URLs
  • DOI and URL Flow Chart <== IMPORTANT TOOL
  • Free DOI Lookup from CrossRef.org. (Use Search on article title)
• APA Formatting and Style Guide - Purdue Univ examples, 5th edition (2001)
  • APA Electronic Reference Format
  • Citing database articles, Web documents, and e-jls
  • General Form for citing Internet items
  • The Internet and URLs
• MLA (Modern Language Association)
  • Manual available at Circulation Desk for check-out.
  • MLA 2009 Formating and Style Guide - Purdue Univ examples, 7th edition (2009) <== NEW
  • MLA Formating and Style Guide - Purdue Univ examples, 6th edition (2003)
• CMS (Chicago Manual of Style)
  • Manual available at Circulation Desk for check-out.
    • The Chicago Manual of Style Online - 15th edition (2003)
      • Chicago-Style Citation Quick Guide
    • Chicago Manual of Style - Purdue Univ examples, 15th edition (2003)
    • Using the Chicago Style to Cite and Document Sources - 14th edition (1993)
• ACS (American Chemical Society)
  • Manual available in Reference for use - R 808.06654 Ac78   
  • ACS Style Guide - WIlliams College examples , 3rd edition (2006)
  • A Quick Guide to Citing Using the ACS Style Guide, Penn State examples, 3rd edition (2006)
  • ACS Style Guidelines Quick Guide - University of California Berkley examples, 2nd edition (1997)
• ASA (American Sociological Association)
  • Manual (2nd ed) available in WSC Stacks for check-out. - 808.02 As11   
  • ASA Style Citations - Trinity Univ examples, 3rd edition (2007)
  • Quick Style Guide - 2nd edition (1997)
  • Formating in Sociology (ASA Style) - Purdue Univ examples, 2nd edition (1997)

Other Citation Resources

• Research and Documentation Online - finding and documenting sources, plus sample papers for MLA, APA, Chicago, and Sciences papers.
• Humanities - MLA style
• Social Sciences - APA style
• History - Chicago style
• Sciences - CBE style
• Citation Styles for Online sources - includes MLA, APA, Chicago, and CBE style formats
• Son of Citation Machine - Online citation generator

Citing Government Sources

• Citing Government Information Sources Using MLA Style - sample citations
• DocsCite - interactive guide for citing government documents

Annotated Bibliographies

• What is an Annotated Bibliography?
• How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography - Cornell
• Study Skills Annotated Bibliography - sample from the University of Minnesota, Duluth

Last Updated: July 2009