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MLA Style Guide
This guide is based on the Sixth Edition of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (2003) and serves as the documentation style not only for the Modern Language Association but also other disciplines in the humanities. The MLA Style is the preferred format for English literature and linguistics papers.
APA Style Guide
This guide is based on the Fifth Edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (2001) and sets the documentation style not only for psychology but also the other behavioral and social sciences, as well as nursing, criminology, and personnel management.
Other Resources
RefWorks
RefWorks is an online research management, writing and collaboration tool designed to help researchers easily gather, manage, store and share all types of information, as well as generate citations and bibliographies in a variety of documentation systems (MLA, APA, Chicago, and many others). Users must create an account to store citations, etc. For an introduction to RefWorks, see the list of Short Tutorials to get started.
APA Style Guide to Electronic References
(off-campus access restricted to CCSU students, faculty and staff)
Provides examples of APA style formatting for databases and websites.
Chicago Manual Style Reference Guide (.pdf)
This concise reference guide provides examples for citing various types of
sources (books, newspapers, journal articles, etc.) using the Chicago style.
History Majors/Classes: Please refer to A Student’s Guide to History (ninth ed.) by Jules R. Benjamin (copy available at Reference Desk) for the
correct format on citing sources or check with your professor.
Turabian Style Guide (.pdf)
The concise reference guide is based on the 6th ed. of Kate Turabian's A
Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations (Chicago:
University of Chicago Press, 1996).
Free Utilities
KnightCite Citation Creator
This free utility from Calvin College will automatically format citations according to the APA, MLA or Chicago documentation systems.
Landmark Citation Machine
This free utility courtesy of the Landmark Project will automatically format citations based on information you supply (author, title, etc.) into both MLA and APA styles!
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