Getting Quick Citations from Article Databases
Many of our article databases, like Academic Search Premier, ERIC, or SPORTDiscus, now feature a quick way to generate a citation in most preferred formats (APA, MLA, etc.).
Look for the button below on the right side of an article record page:
Remember, it's your responsibility to check the accuracy of your citations!
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Citations: General Guides
Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) Research and Citation Resources
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/
Guides to APA, MLA, and Chicago styles from one of the most exhaustive scholarly writing resources in the Web.
http://dept.sccd.ctc.edu/cclib/Research_Help/Citation_Style_Guides/default.asp
Thorough guide to MLA, APA and Chicago styles. From Seattle Central Community College.
Citing Sources
http://library.duke.edu/research/citing/
Examples illustrate how to cite sources within your paper and assemble a list of works cited, in four different styles (APA, Chicago, MLA, Turabian). From Duke University.
Online! Citation Styles
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/citex.html
Sources: Their Use and Acknowledgement
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~sources/
Gives examples of citations across various formats. From Dartmouth College.
RefWorks
RefWorks is a bibliographic management tool that will allow you to import, store and format citations for the articles you find. It also will help you format your research papers!
View the RefWorks Tutorial: Learn how to set up a RefWorks account, then zap references from library databases straight into your account, format them, and generate a bibliography with just a few clicks. Pick from 15 sections, which can take anywhere from 45 seconds to eight minutes to watch.
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