Research Guides: GERM 262: European Film (HC) Spring 2012: Citation Guide

Citation Style Guides

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (7th ed.)
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ISBN: 9781603290241
Publication Date: 2009
The MLA's Handbook is a standard source for advice on formatting and documenting research in literature studies; it contains useful information on all matters pertaining to writing papers.
The Chicago Manual of Style by University of Chicago Staff (Editor)
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ISBN: 9780226104201
Publication Date: 2010-08-01
The Chicago Manual is a comprehensive style manual used throughout the U.S. publishing world, perhaps more comprehensive than most college students need, but containing much useful advice on matters of punctuation, capitalization, and word choice as well as on the documentation of sources.

Annotated Bibliographies

Guide to Annotated Bibliographies by the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
A guide on how and why to create annotated bibliographies, with examples of annotated citations in MLA, APA, and Chicago style.

Citation Manager

Zotero: The Tri-College Libraries recommend Zotero, a free online app that can format your bibliography, keep your citations organized, and even save your articles in the cloud so you can access them later from the library, home, or a café.