Introduction
This guide provides links to websites and handouts on how to format citations in popular styles such as APA, MLA, and Chicago. The links include examples on how to format citations in bibliographies/works cited lists, and also in the text of your paper.
Quick Tips:
- If you are unsure of which citation style to use, ask your instructor.
- As you start to gather sources and write your paper, make sure and save all of your citation information (books, journal articles, etc.) so you have the information handy when it comes time to add in your citations.
- The UW-Green Bay Writing Center has handouts on how to cite in APA and MLA formats, the two most popular citation styles.
- Ask for help! Use the Research Help page to connect with a librarian at Cofrin Library.
Free Citation Tools
The following tools are helpful for formatting individual citations (a book, a journal article, etc...). However, with all electronic citation tools, you must double-check to ensure accuracy. Consult the appropriate style manual over on the right for explicit instructions.
BibMe - APA 5th, MLA 7th, Chicago 15th, Turabian 7th
Citation Builder - MLA 7th, Chicago 15th, CSE 7th
Citation Machine - APA 6th, MLA 7th, Chicago, Turabian
EasyBib - MLA 7th for free, APA & Chicago for subscribers only
NoodleBib Express - APA, MLA, Chicago
Note: If the citation tools indicate which editions are used, those have been noted above.
Citation Management Tools
The following programs help organize citations and format bibliographies and works cited lists.
Zotero
Zotero is a popular citation management program. This free service currently works as an "plug-in" with the popular Firefox web browser. You need to have both Firefox and Zotero downloaded on your computer or laptop. It works with both PC and Mac. In addition, a new stand alone version that works without Firefox can also be downloaded. Zotero can:
- Capture citations to content that you are viewing on the web (books, journal articles, websites, etc...).
- Fomat bibliographies and works cited lists.
- Contains a "plug in" for word processing programs (e.g., Word) to automatically add in-text citations.
EndNote Web
UWGB subscribes to a program called EndNote Web - a web-based service designed to help students and researchers through the process of writing a research paper. EndNote Web is free for UWGB students, faculty, and staff.
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Undergraduate students can organize their references for citing in papers.
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Professional researchers and graduate students can use EndNote Web as the perfect complement to EndNote and other desktop writing tools, as well as storing references between ISI Web of Knowledge search sessions.
Style Guides @ Cofrin Library
The following books provide detailed instructions on how to format citations in a particular style. Some style guides will be located in the reference collection on the 3rd floor of the library, or may be held behind the Research Help Desk. Please search the Cofrin Library Catalog or ask at the Research Help Desk for other style guides in Cofrin Library's collection.
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