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Suggested resources for citing sources correctly and avoiding plagiarism
Last Updated: Mar 27, 2013 URL: http://libguides.wellesley.edu/citation Print Guide RSS UpdatesShareThis
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Citation Style Guides

  • APA (American Psychological Association) used in the sciences & social sciences · in print · online
  • Chicago (author-date style) used in the social sciences · in print · online
  • Chicago (notes-bibliography style) used in arts, literature, history · in print · online
  • MLA (Modern Language Association) used in literature & other humanities · in print · online
  • Turabian (a simplified Chicago style) used in humanities, social & natural sciences · in print · online

  • ACS (American Chemical Society)
    used in chemistry · in print · online
  • AMA (American Medical Association)
    used in the life sciences · online
  • GSA (Geological Society of America)
    used in the geosciences · in print · online
  • Citing government publications · in print · online
  • A Pocket Style Manual - in print 

  • Research and Documentation Online (5th ed) online
 

Specialized Citation Styles

Biology

  • CSE (Council of Science Editors) tip: use the pulldown menu to view examples of CSE-formatted citations

Medicine

Law

Music

Comics

Audiovisual

  • Audiovisual Citation Guidelines (British Universities Film & Video Council) - covers film; television programs; radio programs; audio recordings; DVD extras; clips; trailers; advertisements; non-broadcast, amateur and archive material; podcasts; vodcasts; and games.
 

Why Cite?

Give credit to the ideas, words, and works of others

Allow readers to find your sources

Avoid plagiarism

Citation Managers

  • Zotero
    Firefox plugin for collecting, managing, and citing sources. Installed on all public library machines - install it on your own computer.
  • EndNote
    software for organizing references and creating bibliographies. Installed on public computers. Available for download.

Citation Generators on the Web

  • EndNote Web
    web-based version of the popular EndNote program
  • KnightCite
    an easy-to-use Web form that creates citations in MLA, APA, or Chicago style for print & online sources
  • BibMe
    a free auto-fill automatic bibliography creator that will format your bibliography in MLA, APA, and Chicago citation styles
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