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Citation Style & Tools
Find resources for your professor’s preferred citation style and learn about the tools available to help make citing sources faster.
Note!: This is a standard citation guide for this subject, but please verify with your professor about their preferred citation style.
Citation Styles
Citation style
Citation Styles
MLA Style Guide Available at ZL
Online Guides for MLA Style
Visit the sites listed below for excellent resources on general MLA formatting and specific types of citations.
Citation Tools
Citation tools
Zotero
Zotero is an extremely useful resource that helps with citation (and full-text article) collection and organization and bibliography/works cited creation.
- Easy, quick, open-source (Free) citation manager
- Works with PC/Mac OS's and Firefox, Chrome, Safari browsers
- "Reads" citation data on a web page (icon which allows you to save a citation appears in line with address bar in browser)
- Format citation in any of 8000+ styles available from Zotero
- Find help: Getting Your Stuff into Zotero
WorldCat
WorldCat offers fast citations for each item located in it, similar to what Google Scholar provides. Always double-check with appropriate citation requirements, pieces of the complete citation are often missing.
- Search for your resource (book, article, report, etc.)
- Click on item title
- Find "Cite/Export" link in upper right portion of record
- Choose from several styles
Google Scholar
Google Scholar provides quick citations for items found through its database. Double-check provided citations, however. There is typically at least one piece missing from the citation.
- Easy, quick, no-download-necessary citation grabber
- Search for your article by title
- Use "Cite" link below publication information
- Choose from several styles
Similar to what Google Scholar provides, WorldCat offers a fast citation for each item you locate in it. Always double-check with appropriate citation requirements, however, as pieces of the complete citation are often missing.
Other Citation Tools
Other Citation Tools
Other Citation Tools
Most Library databases have auto-cite features.
If you need help figuring out how to use them, stop by the Ask desk for assistance.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Plagiarism & Citations
When citing, be sure to understand what plagiarism is and isn't. If there are still questions contact the Writing Center or practice avoiding plagiarism. Remember, it is better to cite a source than risk plagiarism!