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In the Lake of the Woods: Citation Help

A companion research guide for the English Department's common reading project, In the Lake of the Woods.

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Citation Guides

Citing sources can be difficult. Use these guides to help you.

Notecards can be used to keep track of sources and how you will use them.

MLA 9 Handout
This short handout has examples for citing many common sources in MLA 9th edition.
APA Handout, 6th Edition
Typically used when students are taking business courses.

AMA
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Typically used when students are taking medical courses.
CSE: Name-Year Sequence
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Typically used when students are taking science courses.
Chicago and Turabian
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Typically used for literature, history and the arts, these styles are alternatives to MLA. Sometimes these styles are required for scholarly publication.
The OWL at Purdue
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue is an authoritative site that has updated examples of MLA and APA citations, even very tricky ones.

Style and Citation Books

MLA Handbook by The Modern Language; The Modern Language Association of America
Call Number: LB 2369 .M52 2021
Publication Date: 2021
Simon and Schuster Handbook for Writers by Lynn Quitman Troyka; Douglas Dean Hesse
Call Number: PE1408 .T696 2017
ISBN: 9780134172828
Publication Date: 2016-01-05

Citation Builder Sites

These sites are citation generators. They will create a citation for you:

You should always double-check any of the citations that are made for you. Never just blindly copy and paste a citation assuming it is correct.

Citation Machine
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EasyBib
KnightCite
NoodleTools Express
Turabian Citation Generator by BibGuru

Online Style Manuals

Direct links to the guides online.

AMA
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APA Website
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Direct Link to APA Website
Chicago Manual of Style
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MLA Style Center
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Formatting Your Paper

Sample Paper - MLA
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Annotated Bibliography Samples
APA Sample Paper
Chicago NB Sample Paper
Turabian Tips and Samples

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