Challenge Guide for U.S. History - Housley/Nyland - St. Mary's: 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.
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
Using Automatic Citation Generators Video
Selected Online Citation Guides
- 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 by
Call Number: Circulation / Reserves (1st floor) - Z253 .C57; Ready Reference (2nd floor) Z253 .C57Publication Date: 2017Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association by
Call Number: Circulation / Reserves (2nd floor) - BF76.7 .P83 2010; Ready Reference (2nd floor) BF76.7 .P83 2010Publication Date: 2020A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, Ninth Edition by
Call Number: Reference (2nd floor) LB2369 .T8 2018Publication Date: 2018