How to Cite / Format
References
for Research Papers
Citing Print/Internet Sources
Below
are links to web sites that display how to format bibliographies according
the some of the most frequently used academic style manuals.
You might also take note of three web-based services:
- KnightCite
Citation Machine is
a free, interactive web tool that can help you format bibliographic citations
for basic types of souce publications, e.g., books, magazine
articles, joural articles, and web documents, according to APA, Chicago,
and MLA style rules.
- Citation Machine is
a free, interactive web tool that can help you format bibliographic citations
for basic types of souce publications, e.g., books, magazine
articles, joural articles, according to APA style rules and MLA
style rules.
- EasyBib is
a free, interactive web tool that can help you format bibliographic citations
for MLA style rules.
- Citation Builder (SourceAid) is a free, interactive web tool that can help you format bibliographic citations according to APA, MLA, Chicago, and Council of Science Editors style rules.
- Citation Builder (University of North Carolina) is a free, interactive web tool that can help you format bibliographic citations for basic types of source publications according to APA, MLA, Chicago, and CBE/CSE style rules.
- Faculty, as well as students whose work entails the discovery and citation
of many information resources, e.g. honors students, Master's and Doctoral
students, should be aware that the
EMU Library and Graduate School are paying for a campus subscription to RefWorks.
RefWorks is a web-based bibliographic management service that can not only
store and organize the references you collect in the course of your research,
but can also format bibliographies according to many different style
rules, such as those from the Modern Language Association (MLA) and
the American Psychological Association (APA).
American Psychological
Association (APA) Style (5th Ed., 2001)
There have been changes in APA's style guidelines with the release
of the APA
Style Guide to Electronic References (2007) [PDF - Available on EMU
campus or off-campus with My.Emich username/password]. The
unofficial APA style guides below are starting to reflect the changes
described in the 2007 document.
Modern Language
Association (MLA) Style
American
Medical Association (AMA) Style (Print and Internet)
Chicago
Manual of Style (15th Edition)
Chicago
Manual of Style (14th Edition)
Turabian Style
CSE (Council of Science Editors) Style
[Formerly CBE (Counicl of Biology Editors) Style]
Legal Citation
American Sociological Association (ASA) Style
Citing Mental Measurements
Yearbook
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