Challenge Library Guide for World Civilizations - Gavitte - Grant: 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 Tools
With these tools you can collect book and article citations from the library catalog and databases. Then using a plugin for MS Word, you can insert those citations into your paper in the appropriate format.
See the library guide, Manage Citations with Zotero, Mendeley, and EndNote, on how to use these tools.
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ZoteroZotero is a free, open source citation management tool that comes as a Firefox extension or a standalone program for other browsers. It offers plugins for MS Word and Open Office so you can insert citations as you write your paper.
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MendeleyMendeley is not only a citation manager, it is also a social network for scholars. Download the free desktop app that works on any platform. It has plugins for MS Word and Open Office. Mendeley offers a mobile app too.
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EndNote WebEndNote Web is the web-based version of the long-standing citation management tool. EndNote Web offers a plugin for MS Word so you can insert sources as you write your paper.
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EndNoteEndNote is desktop software for citation management.
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Selected Online Citation Guides
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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.
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Citing Government DocumentsGuides to citing government documents in APA, MLA, Chicago, and Turabian styles.
Print Style Guides in the PSU Library
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The Chicago Manual of Style by
Call Number: Circulation / Reserves (1st floor) - Z253 .C57; Ready Reference (2nd floor) Z253 .C57Publication Date: 2017 -
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.
Call Number: Circulation / Reserves (1st floor) - BF76.7 .P83 2010; Ready Reference (2nd floor) BF76.7 .P83 2010Publication Date: 2010 -
MLA Handbook by
Call Number: LB2369 .G53 2016 (Copies held in Reference, Reserves, and 3rd floor)Publication Date: 2016 -
A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations by
Call Number: Reference (2nd floor) LB2369 .T8 1996Publication Date: 1996