Research Guides: CITY 217: Research Methods: Citing your sources

Citation Managers

Zotero
Guidelines here. This is a great and free resource. Collect all your sources in one place and it will automatically download the full text of articles from resources like JSTOR and you can sync your citations between machines (and also access them from your zotero.org account). Word plugin for entering notes and bibliography in your papers, or create bibliographies and notes from Zotero and copy them into your paper.
Zotero: A How-To Guide

Citation Styles

The most commonly used publication styles are created by the Modern Languages Association, the American Psychological Association, and the University of Chicago. See the invidival tabs for Chicago, APA, and MLA for citation examples and further information.

(No matter what style your professor requests, a citation manager can help you organize and cite your sources, and so can a librarian.)

The Chicago Manual of Style
Style set by the University of Chicago Press Editorial staff. (Commonly used in the humanities and social sciences.)
Citation Quick Guide - Notes and Bibliography style (17th ed.)
Citation Quick Guide - Author-Date style (17th ed.)
CMOS ShopTalk (FAQ for Students)
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
Style of the American Psychological Association. (Commonly used in Social Science.)

Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) Guide to APA
MLA Handbook
Style of the Modern Language Association (Commonly used in Languages and Literatures.)

Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) Guide to MLA 8th edition
Scientific style and format : the CSE manual for authors, editors, and publishers
Style of the Council of Science Editors. (Commonly used in Science.)

Ohio State University Libraries' guide to CSE