Research Guides: HIST 203B: The Age of Jefferson and Jackson (HC) Spring 2016: Citation Guide

Citation Style Guides

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers by Joseph Gibaldi; Modern Language Association of America Staff
ISBN: 9781603290241
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
The Chicago Manual of Style by University of Chicago Staff (Editor)
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.

Citing Electronic Resources

MLA Handbook - 5.6 Citing Web Publications

For a general guide to citing Internet sources, see "Writing with Internet Sources: A Guide for Harvard Students".

For instructions on how to cite Internet sources in MLA format, see the relevant section from The MLA Handbook below:

Writing Center Resources for Writers

The Haverford Writing Center's Resources for Writers
Resources "that address questions about using and documenting sources; avoiding plagiarism; writing in the disciplines; grammar, style, and punctuation; and other aspects of writing."

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.