Quick Guides

Creating Citations

Citation Style for Research Papers (LIU)
APA Quick Guide(PurdueOWL)
MLA Quick Guide (Purdue OWL)
Chicago Quick Guide (Purdue OWL)
ACS Citation Style (USciences)
CSE(formerly CBE) (WSU)

Annotated Bibliography (Cornell)
Interpreting a Citation (CSC)

Plagiarism

What is plagiarism? (Iona)
Plagiarism Research Guide (Iona)
Avoiding Plagiarism (Purdue OWL)

Fair Use / Copyright

Copyright & Fair Use Guide (Iona)
US Copyright FAQ's (US Government)

Citation Management Tools

Used in support of academic research and writing, online citation tools are helpful for collecting and manipulating metadata relating to books, journals, papers and websites into appropriately formated bibliographies and citation collections.

We recommend the following tools:

• EasyBib (via Iona subscription)
• NoodleBib (via Iona subscription)
• Zotero (free citation tool)
• Cite-U-Like (free citation tool)

Citation Style Manuals Online

• Hacker's Handbook Online (5th Edition)
• Chicago Manual of Style Online
  

Citation Style Manuals in Print

• ACS - ACS Style Guide: A Manual for Author and Editors
• APA - Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.)
• ASA - Style guide: American Sociological Association (4th ed.)
• CBE - CBE Style Manual, Council of Biology Editors
• MLA - MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (7th ed.)
• Turabian - A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations
• The Columbia Guide to Online Style