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Wellesley College Research Guides

ES/POL2 312: Environmental Policy Research Seminar

What citation style should I use?

Use the style recommended by your professor or choose one of the major styles below based on the discipline for your paper:

Citation Style MLA Chicago APA
Manual MLA Handbook 8th ed thumbnail Chicago Manual of Style, 17th ed. thumbnail      APA 7th Edition
Discipline Used in literature, arts, and the humanities

Notes & Bibliography system used in history, arts, and humanities

Used in psychology, social sciences, and many           STEM courses.

Zotero

  • Automatically senses content in your web browser, allowing you to add it to your personal library with a single click.
  • Collect all your research in a single, searchable interface.
  • Organize your research by sorting items into collections or tagging them with keywords.
  • Create footnotes, endnotes, in-text citations, or bibliographies.
  • Automatically synchronize your data across devices.

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