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How Do I Cite Sources in a Bibliography?


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Online Tools for Creating Citations

  • NoodleBib --  
    Step-by-step guide to generate, edit, and publish MLA and APA-style source lists.
    Now with MLA parenthetical citation help! Learn more by taking a short tour.
    Available to registered NMC students and staff off campus
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  • DocsCite -- Creates a citation for Government Documents. Choose either MLA or APA citations for government documents in a variety of formats, including online.
 

Library Database URL's:

  • ACLS History E-Book Project (American Council of Learned Societies) -- http://www.historyebook.org
  • ARTstor (ARTstor) - http://www.artstor.org
  • Contemporary Authors (Gale) - http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/?db=CA
  • Contemporary Literature Criticism (Gale) - http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/?db=CLC
  • EbscoHost (Ebsco) -- http://search.ebscohost.com
    • database names include Academic Search Elite, Business Source Elite, Cinahl, Eric, Health Source, History Reference Center, Newspaper Source, Regional Business News, Clinical Pharmacology
  • FirstSearch (OCLC)-- http://firstsearch.oclc.org
    • database names include Wilson Select Plus and many others
  • Gale Virtual Reference Library (Gale) -- http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/?db=GVRL
  • Grove's Dictionary of Music (Grove)-- http://www.grovemusic.com
  • HarpWeek (Harpweek, LLC) -- http://app.harpweek.com
  • InfoTrac Databases (Thomson Gale) -- http://infotrac.galegroup.com
    • includes InfoTrac General Reference Center Gold, InfoTrac Health and Wellness Resource Center, InfoTrac Health Reference Center Academic, InfoTrac Newspaper Collection, InfoTrac OneFile, LegalTrac, Professional Collection, Regional Business News, General Business File, Expanded Academic ASAP, Computer Database, Custom Newspapers
  • JSTOR (JSTOR)-- http://www.jstor.org/search
  • LexisNexis Academic (LexisNexis)-- http://www.lexisnexis.com/universe
  • netLibrary eBooks (OCLC) -- http://www.netlibrary.com
  • ScienceDirect (Elsevier) - http://www.sciencedirect.com
  • Twayne's Authors Series (Gale) -- http://infotrac.galegroup.com
 
Citation Style Manuals Available Online

Overview:
Research and Documentation Online
-- excellent overview and examples of MLA, APA, Chicago, CBE styles

Citing Electronic Resources


Citing Print Resources

  • Neither the Modern Language Association (MLA) nor the American Psychological Association (APA) publish their entire style manual online, but these official style manuals are available in the Osterlin Library.

  • Citation Styles Handbook -- Presented by the University Of Illinois -- "This handbook summarizes and illustrates the bibliographical formatting rules for two different citation styles: the American Psychological Association (APA) style and the Modern Languages Association (MLA) style. "

  • Citing Sources -- comparative look at citation examples for MLA, APA, Chicago Style, and Turabian for all types of materials - print & electronic books & journals. Great examples!
 
Citation Style Manuals Available in the Osterlin Library:
  • The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003. (REF PN 147.C4 2003)
  • Coghill, Anne M. American Chemical Society Style Guide, 3rd ed. Washington, DC : American Chemical Society, 2006. (REF & Stacks: QD8.5 .A25 2006)
  • Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 6th ed. New York: Modern Language Association, 2003. (REF PN 147 .M5 2003)
  • Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th ed. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2001. (Ref. PN 147 .A6 2001)
  • Turabian, Kate L. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, 6th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago, 1996.(REF PN 147 .T8 1996 ; see section 8.141)
  • Sabin, William A. Gregg Reference Manual, 10th ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2005. (Ref PE1479 .B87 S23 2005)
  • Walker, Janice R. The Columbia Guide to Online Style. New York: Columbia University Press, 1998. (PN 147 .C6 1998 Ref and Stacks)

 

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