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
- MLA Style: How to Use Guide from Bowling Green State University
http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/infosrv/lue/HTU/MLA.pdf
Official MLA Web site
To see a list of "Frequently Asked Questions" about MLA Style, go to http://www.mla.org/style_faqhttp://www.mla.org/style_faq
APA Style Guide Information
- APA Style: How to Use Guide from Bowling Green State University
http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/infosrv/
lue/HTU/apa5th.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.
MLA Formatting and Style Guide http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/
APA Formatting and Style Guide http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
Writers 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.
MLA Style http://thewritesource.com/mla.htm
APA Style http://thewritesource.com/apa/apa.htm
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).
Columbia Guide to Online Style
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/cgos/idx_basic.html
Citation styles developed by Janice Walker (University of South Florida) and endorsed by the Alliance for Computers and Writing.
Long Island University's -Citation Style for Research Papers
http://www.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citation.htm
Research and Documentation Online by Diana Hacker
http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/Covers MLA, APA, Chicago Manual of Style, CBE
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
Automatically format, alphabetize, and print your bibliography for FREE!
Noodle Tools
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.