Citing Sources
From CommWiki
The library has several good starting points for information on how to cite books, articles and electronic sources when writing. For starters, here are two video tutorials produced by Ohio University Librarians:
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Online Citation Resources
The Citation Style Guides page on the library website is a good place to start. Here you will find links to online style guides for APA, Chicago and MLA as well as links to some nifty citation building tools.
The InfoTree directory also lists several websites and online guides about citing sources under the category General > Style Manuals.
- Recommended: Ohio State's Citation Style Guide and Citation Styles from ONLINE!
Print & Electronic Style Manuals
Print manuals at the Learning Commons Reference Desk ID required for checkout:
The APA Style Guide to Electronic references is a guide to citing websites and articles retrieved from databases
A copy of The AP Stylebook is also located at the 2nd fl Learning Commons desk '(ID required for checkout)'
Citation Building Tools
Citation Builder Create citations for a limited number of kinds of information sources, and produce citations in APA, CBE, and MLA formats.
Citation Machine Provides "citation building" for several more types of sources (e.g., newspaper articles or online encyclopedias) than Citation Builder. Creates citations in APA, MLA, Chicago style and Turabian.
RefWorks A web-based citation manager offered for FREE to all OU faculty, staff and students. With RefWorks you can:
- save book and article citations from ALICE or a database
- organize citations into folders
- create bibliographies in a number of formats
- create endnotes or footnotes for research papers
There is an application on Facebook called Cite Me. Put a book title into the search box and a citation in APA, MLA, Harvard, Turabian, or Chicago will be created. Take the next step and search the WorldCat catalog to find the book at the closest library.
Writing Center
Make an appointment at the Writing Center in Alden Library's 2nd floor Learning Commons. Trained and experienced writing tutors will be happy to look over papers and offer writing and citation advice. Walk-in help, same-day in-person appointments or online chat-style appointments.
