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History: Explore Citation Styles

Links to guides to history resources

Online Citation Assistance

You did all the work, now make sure you cite everything correctly! Check out these sites below to help you format everything correctly:

American Chemical Society (ACS) Style Quick Guide

From the American Chemical Society Guide to Scholarly Communication

Council of Science Editors (CSE) Documentation Style

From the University of Wisconsin - Madison writing center

Citation help for APA, Chicago & MLA on a variety of sources

OWL at Purdue

Purdue's writing center will help you cite APA, MLA & Chicago styles

Mendeley
A free reference manager and academic social network. Make your own fully-searchable library in seconds, cite as you write, and read and annotate your PDFs on any device.
Zotero
A free reference manager and academic social network to help you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources with a single click in your web browser.

Citation Resources to Check Out

APA style guide to electronic references
Adapted from the seventh edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, this comprehensive guide offers up-to-date information on formatting electronic references in APA Style.

Chicago Manual of Style Online, The
Provides quick answers to style and editing questions. The Q & A content is fully searchable along with the content of The Chicago Manual of Style. It also provides convenient Tools, such as sample forms, letters, and style sheets.

Citation Books

The Concise APA Handbook by Paul Iida; Rachael Ruegg; Mark de Boer; Naoko Araki; Mary Frances Agnello
Call Number: BF76.7 .P83 2020 c.2

ISBN: 9781648021831

Publication Date: 2021-02-01
MLA Handbook by The Modern Language Association of America
Call Number: LB2369 .G53 2016

ISBN: 9781603292627

Publication Date: 2016-04-01
Doing Honest Work in College by Charles Lipson
Call Number: PN171.F56 L56 2004

ISBN: 0226484726

Publication Date: 2004-10-15
A Writer's Reference with Writing in the Disciplines by Diana Hacker; Nancy Sommers
Call Number: PE1408 .H2778 2011

ISBN: 9780312601447

Publication Date: 2011-04-08