Citation Guides & Style Manuals (APA, MLA, etc.)

See Plagiarism: Don't Do It! to help you abide by the CSB/SJU Plagiarism Policy. See also Quoting and Paraphrasing Sources.

Writing Centers

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APA

use for psychology, education, nursing and other social sciences

Official Style Manual in Print:
- Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. 5th ed. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2001.
  Clemens and Alcuin Libraries in Reference and General Collection (BF76.7. P83 2001)
Style Manual Online:
- APA Citation Style from Long Island University
- APA from Bedford/St. Martin's Diana Hacker site

MLA

use for literature, arts and humanities

Official Style Manual in Print:
- MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 7th ed. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 2009.
  Clemens and Alcuin Libraries in Reference and General Collection (LB2369. G53 2009)
Style Manual Online:
- MLA Citation Style from Long Island University
- MLA from Bedford/St. Martin's Diana Hacker site

Chicago & Turabian

use when required by professor

Official Style Manual in Print:
- The Chicago Manual of Style. 15th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003.
  Clemens and Alcuin Libraries in Reference and General Collection (Z253. U69 2003)
Style Manual Online:

RefWorks

RefWorks Help
use to create your citations automatically

Specialized Guides

Nursing
Government Information (From Arizona State University: "DocsCite is a step-by-step guide to putting government publication citations into proper style format")

Comments to Sarah Gewirtz.
Last updated: October 29, 2009. Links checked: October 29, 2008.