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Strategies for Citing Sources


The websites below are frequently praised as clear, useful guides for integrating and citing sources in research writing.

The sites all tend to anticipate and address the questions that writers typically have when confronting challenging sources.  And, they present information in clearly formatted, easily accessible ways.

Resources like these become more useful the more you use them.  So, choose one that works for you!

For additional assistance when working with source material, visit the MLC Writing Center or contact Professor Steve Price, the writing center director. 


Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL)
This website is most everyone’s favorite and a great place to start when you have questions.  Check out these popular pages:

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MLA Citations
 

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APA Citations
 

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Avoiding Plagiarism
 

University of Auckland, Student Learning Centre
The main link at the University of Aukland includes information on evaluating and citing sources.

The Quick Cite link is a remarkable new resource, asking you interactive questions that walk you through the citation in a variety of differing styles.  Pretty cool.
 

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Writing Center
In addition to strategies for quoting and paraphrasing sources, check out information for a variety of citation styles on these popular pages:

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MLA (Modern Language Association)
 

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APA (American Psychological Association)
 

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Chicago/Turabian
 

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APSA (American Political Science Association)
 

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CBE (Council of Biology Editors)
 

Research and Documentation Online
This website supplements Diane Hacker's Research and Documentation in the Electronic Age.  Hacker, as you know, is also the editor of The Bedford Handbook, the campus handbook. 

Under "Documenting Sources," you will find links for MLA, APA, Chicago, and CSE; and sample papers, showing the sources being used effectively.

While you're thinking about Hacker, don't forget the resources she provides in The Bedford Handbook (7th ed):

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Directory to MLA in-text citation models, p. 611
 

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Directory to MLA works cited entries, p. 622
 

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MLA Citation at a Glance, p. 638
 

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Sample MLA paper, p. 659
 

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Directory to APA in-text citation models, p. 713
 

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Directory to APA references (bibliographic entries), p. 622
 

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APA Citation at a Glance, p. 732
 

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Sample APA paper, p. 743

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