Links for Citing Sources

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Remember - Please be sure to follow any guidelines given to you by your classroom teacher. In general, students at Genoa should be following MLA (Modern Language Association) format when citing sources.

 

       *Simplified instructions for citing sources in MLA format can be found here. 

 

MLA Style Guide Information

 

Official MLA Web site

http://www.mla.org/

 

Try one of the following sample papers in MLA format

 

http://dianahacker.com/pdfs/Hacker-Daly-MLA.pdf

http://dianahacker.com/pdfs/Hacker-Levi-MLA.pdf

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/media/pdf/20090216023752_557.pdf

 

Documenting Sources: A Hacker Handbooks Supplement

http://image.mail.bfwpub.com/lib/feed1c737d6c03/m/1/Hacker_MLA2009Update.pdf

Documenting Sources in MLA Style: 2009 Update- A Lundsford Handbooks Supplement

http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/lunsford/pdf/Lunsford_MLA2009.pdf

 

ERC Quick Guide: Citing Sources Using MLA Format, available here.

 

To see a list of "Frequently Asked Questions" about MLA Style, go to http://www.mla.org/style_faq

 

INFOhio Citation Guide is available here.

 

APA Style Guide Information

APA Style

http://www.apastyle.org/

 

APA Style: How to Use Guide from Bowling Green State University
http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/infosrv/lue/HTU/apa5th.PDF

Try one of the following sample papers in APA format

http://dianahacker.com/pdfs/Hacker-Mira-APA-RD4.pdf

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/media/pdf/20090212013008_560.pdf

 

 

 

Other Places To Get Help

 

The Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL)

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/584/02/

In this section of their site, they provide resources for documenting electronic sources in specific disciplines (MLA, APA, etc.). The site offers a wealth of information on all components of the writing process.

 

 

Research and Documentation Online by Diana Hacker
 http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/

Covers MLA (Humanities), APA, Chicago Manual of Style, CBE

 

 

Write Source            

http://thewritesource.com/inc.html

This website is from the publisher of the Writers Inc. book that all students use at Genoa Area High School. It also provides several valuable links on evaluating websites, homework help, and search engines.

 

The Learning Page- Library of Congress

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/learn/start/cite/

 

 

Cyberbee                      

http://www.cyberbee.com/tools.html

Cyberbee’s Research Tools will help you find, evaluate and cite information from the Web.

 

 

Duke Universities Libraries  

http://library.duke.edu/research/citing/

Provides easy to understand examples for citing resources and avoiding plagiarism.

 

 

Online! A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources

http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/citex.html

Provides examples of the most popular styles of documentation (MLA, APA, Chicago, CBE, and others).

 

 

Long Island University's -Citation Style for Research Papers

http://www.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citation.htm

 

 

The Bedford Researcher

http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/bedfordresearcher/

This Web site offers resources and tools–including interactive tutorials, research activities, student writing samples, and links to hundreds of other places online–to help you with all aspects of your research writing project.

 

Bibliographic Wizards (to help you create that “Works Cited” page)

 

Easy Bib

http://www.easybib.com/

Automatically format, alphabetize, and print your bibliography for FREE!

 

 

Noodle Tools

http://www.noodletools.com/

Quick Cite is free. Full-featured bibliographies are available for a subscription fee.

 

 

Knight Cite

http://webapps.calvin.edu/knightcite/

Create free, accurate, and complete bibliographies that are easy to manage, organize, and export into the most popular text formats (including Microsoft Word ".doc" documents).

 

 

Landmarks Citation Machine

http://www.citationmachine.net

Citation Machine is an interactive web tool designed to assist high school, college, and university students, their teachers, and independent researchers in their effort to respect other people's intellectual properties.

 

 

Citation Builder, NCSU Libraries

http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/lobo2/citationbuilder/citationbuilder.php

The Citation Builder will help you create citations for journal articles, books, web sites, and interviews.

 

 

Carmen.com

http://carmun.com/easy-bibliography-formatting-APA-MLA.php

You choose whether you want your works cited page created using MLA or APA.

 

Son of Citation Machine

http://citationmachine.net/index2.php?reqstyleid=1

 

WorksCited4U

http://www.workscited4u.com/index.php

 

Handout "Citing Online Databases"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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