Indigenous Nations Studies: Cite Your Sources
Citation Format?
Here are a variety of resources that help with citing sources. The citation format for your research paper depends on what is required by your professor. Know the requirements before you begin constructing your bibliography and end notes.
Using Automatic Citation Generators Video
Citation Management Tool: Zotero
Zotero is a citation management application that allows you to collect book and article citations from the library catalog and other databases. Zotero also connects with your word processor (MS Word, Google Docs, Libre Office) to insert in text citations and generate a reference list in your selected citation style.
See the library guide, Manage Citations with Zotero, on how to use this tool. The Library provides workshops and support for Zotero.
- ZoteroZotero is a free open source citation management tool
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Selected Online Citation Guides
- Chicago Manual of Style OnlineProvides recommendations on editorial style and publishing practices for the digital age. Funded by donors to the Dean's Fund for Excellence in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.
- Citing Government DocumentsGuides to citing government documents in APA, MLA, Chicago, and Turabian styles.
- OWL - Purdue's Online Writing LabDetailed guide to APA, MLA, and Chicago citation styles. Navigate to "Research and Citation" on the left to access citation style help.
- MLA Handbook PlusProvides online access to the MLA Handbook.
Print Style Guides in the PSU Library
- The Chicago Manual of Style byCall Number: Reference Collection -- 1st floor ; Z253 .C57 17th 2017Publication Date: 2017
- Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association byCall Number: Course Reserves, Circulation; Reference Collection -- 1st floor ; BF76.7 .P83 2020Publication Date: 2020
- A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, Ninth Edition byCall Number: Reference Collection -- 1st floor ; LB2369 .T8 2018Publication Date: 2018