Guides
MLA
2 pg. handout: A brief guide to MLA style. Tacoma Community College.
MLA 2009 formatting and style guide. OWL (Online Writing Lab) at Purdue. Based on the 7th ed. of Modern Language Association (MLA) Handbook.
More detailed, 60 page PDF with sample research paper: Documenting sources in MLA style -- a Hacker Handbooks supplement.
APA
2 pg. handout: A brief guide to APA style. Tacoma Community College.
APA formatting and style guide. OWL (Online Writing Lab) at Purdue. Based on the 6th ed. of the American Psychological Association (APA) Manual.
FAQ lists from the style authors
MLA handbook: Frequently asked questions.
APA style: Frequently asked questions.
Online citation generators (APA & MLA)
EasyBib: you enter the bibliographic information, it automates a citation, and you download it into MSWord. Only free for MLA.
Citation Machine: you enter the bibliographic elements and it creates a citation for you to cut and paste. Both MLA & APA.
Knightcite: you enter the bibliographic elements and it creates a citation for you to cut and paste. Both MLA & APA.
Library databases are usually able to automate citations for your online articles. Select your articles, then select your citation style. (Check the citations for accuracy!) How to automate citations in EBSCO databases, and how to automate citations in Proquest databases.
Books in the Library Media Center Collection
MLA handbook for writers of research papers. New York : Modern Language Association of America, 2009. 7th ed. REFERENCE and MAIN LB2369.G53 2009
The writer's harbrace handbook. Boston: Thomson Wadsworth, 2007. 3rd ed. REFERENCE and RESERVE PE1408 .W7714 2007.
Publication manual of the American Psychological Association. Wash., DC: APA, 2010. 6th ed. REFERENCE BF76.7 .P83 2010.
Online Tutorials
Cite this! MLA style workshop. Anoka Technical College.
5 pg. handout
Cite this! APA style workshop. Anoka Technical College.
5 pg. handout
Citation research tutorial. Eastern Washington University.
Managing EBSCO research. Anoka Technical College.
VAIL (Virtual Academic Integrity Laboratory) Univ. of Maryland Univ. College.
Students: enter your email address after completing the quiz and you will receive a certificate of completion.
You quote it, you note it! (Avoiding Plagiarism). Vaughn Memorial Library. Acadia University.