Why Cite?
Using information fairly and acknowledging sources accurately is an essential part of any research project. Citations provide information to help readers locate the sources you use, provide evidence for your work, and provide a way for you to credit other scholars for their original ideas or findings.
Citations are more than just a requirement to complete your assignments. Citations also assign intellectual value, legitimacy, and authority to scholars and their work.
Most researchers use style guides or manuals to format their citations in a consistent way so their readers can quickly identify and locate cited sources.
APA – American Psychological Association
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Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
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Call Number: Multiple Locations, BF76.7.P83 2020ISBN: 9781433832161Publication Date: 2020
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APA Style and Grammer GuidelinesGuidelines and tips from the American Psychological Association on using APA Style. This does not include the full style manual. The UChicago Library does not have access to APA online.
Chicago Manual of Style
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Chicago Manual of Style This link opens in a new windowOnline edition of the Chicago Manual of Style
MLA – Modern Language Association
Citation Support
At the Library you can get citation support by accessing style guides and citation management tools.
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Additional Citation Resources and Tools
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Purdue OWLFree writing resources and instructional material provided by the Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University.
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ZoteroZotero is a citation manager, which allows you to collection citations or records from research tools, organize pdfs, take research notes, and then cite in a variety of different citation styles.