Citation styles are agreed upon standards, shared within various disciplines for citing resources. Proper uses of agreed upon guidelines ensures that your peers can identify and find the resources you cite. Make sure to use the citation style recommended by instructors.
The following citation style manuals, and others, are available at the library's reference desk:
- The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
- The AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors
- The MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers
You may also wish to try Mendeley, a reference and citation manager. It can help you create reference lists, bibliographies, and citations. You can learn more about using this free resources by visiting the library's Mendeley Toolkit libguide.
As a researcher, you will reference a growing variety of document and artifact types. You can find examples of in-text citations and bibliographies for the various styles via our Write and Cite guide.
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