Citation Guides & Style Manuals

  • American Anthropological Association Style Guide
  • APA Citation Guide by Ohio State University
  • APA Resources - Sixth Edition Lots of information, including brief videos, from the Alvin Sherman Library in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. 
  • APA Style Guide by Sacramento State University
  • APA Style.org Online free tutorial on the basics of the APA Style.
  • ASA Style Guide American Sociological Association (PDF) Provided by E. H. Butler Library.
  • Basic Legal Citation (2010)
  • Beyond the MLA Handbook: Documenting Electronic Sources on the Internet
  • Chicago Manual of Style Citation Guide: Author-Date by Ohio State University 
  • Chicago Manual of Style Citation Guide: Notes-Bibliography by Ohio State University
  • Citing Medicine: The NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers This second edition, published online in 2007, is continuously updated. 
  • Citing Sources has comparison tables for print & electronic including MLA by Duke University
  • CSE Citation Guide by Ohio State University
  • Guide to Grammar and Writing: Provides hundreds of digital handouts about grammar and style, over 170 computer-graded quizzes, guidance on essay writing, and a place to ask questions about grammar and writing.
  • Harvard Style by Bournemouth University
  • MLA Citation Guide by Ohio State University
  • Purdue Online Writing Lab: The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University houses writing resources and instructional material. Users worldwide will find information to assist with many writing projects. Teachers and trainers may use this material for in-class and out-of-class instruction.
  • Referen©ite: The main purpose of Referen©ite is to encourage students to correctly reference the sources they use in written work. 
  • Research and Documentation Online   By Diana Hacker; includes examples for citing the MLA, APA and CSE
  • Style Sheets for Citing Internet & Electronic Resources Humanities (MLA & Chicago), Scientific (APA & CSE), and History (Turabian)
  • The ABCs of APA (PowerPoint): This PowerPoint seminar, based on the sixth edition of the APA manual, was created by Angela L. Patti and Colleen A. Wilkinson, instructors in the Education Department at Buffalo State.
  • Turabian Style: Sample Footnotes and Bibliographic Entries (6th edition)

Free Citation Web Tools

  • DocsCite: Citation generator for government documents (APA and MLA styles only) from Arizona State University Libraries.
  • KnightCite: Citation generator from the Hekman Library
  • Zotero: A free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources.