Citing Sources

• APA Style: A Guide for Writing Research Papers
  
  • An excellent source of information on how to cite documents using the American Psychological Association style..
• Citing Electronic Sources (Auburn University Library)
  
  • An excellent list of resources located at Auburn which explains how to cite various types of electronic information.
• Citing Electronic Resources (Janus Online Information System at University of Oregon Library)
  • Stumped on how to cite that digital resource? This site can help you understand how to do it in MLA, Turabian, Chicago and other styles.
• Citing Government Information Sources
  • "The citations on this page are recommended samples only, and have not been approved by the editorial board of the Modern Language Association. Consult your instructor or editor for the appropriate citation style. For further explanation and more sample citations, see Joseph Gibaldi, The MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 4th ed."
• Citing Internet Addresses
  
  • This site is presented by Classroom Connect as a resource station. It is "a how-to guide for referencing online sources in student bibliographies."

• Electronic Reference Formats Recommended by the American Psychological Association
  
  • An excellent list of resources from the APA which explains how to cite various types of electronic information.
• How to Reference using APA
  
  • "Information in this handout was adapted from the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (1994), 4th ed. [APA manual]." This information is provided by the MacKillop Campus Library at Australian Catholic University.
• Karla's Guide to Citation Style Guides
  
  • "An annotated collection of links to the best and most up-to-date citation guides that show how to properly cite resources from the Internet. Style guides for APA, MLA, Chicago, Turabian, BSE, styles and a description of how to cite references from Lexis/Nexis."

• MLA Style
  • Shows the MLA style of "documenting sources from the World Wide Web. These guidelines on MLA documentation style are the only ones available on the Internet that are authorized by the Modern Language Association of America. The MLA guidelines on documenting online sources are explained in detail in the fifth edition of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (1999) and in the second edition of the MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing (1998). These guidelines replace the information in the fourth edition of the MLA Handbook on documenting online databases (sec. 4.9). What follows here is a summary of the guidelines that cover the World Wide Web. For the complete MLA recommendations on Web sources, please see one of the books mentioned above." We currently have these books in our collection. Search our catalog to obtain our call number information for these books.
• Tips for Citing Internet Sources
  
  • An excellent list of resources located at Carleton College Library which explains how to cite various types of electronic information.