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APA Citation Guidelines

Physical Copies of the APA Style Guide

Online Resources

• APA Style Website - Style and Grammar Guidelines
  • The definitive online guide to APA Citation - On this site, you will find tutorials, FAQs, and other resources to help you improve your writing, master APA Style, and learn the conventions of scholarly publishing.
• APA Style Blog (7th Edition)
  • The APA Style blog is the official companion to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Seventh Edition. It's run by the APA Style team—a group of style experts who work with APA Style every day. We regularly publish posts to talk about what we love—writing, publishing, and APA Style
• APA Formatting Help - OWL Purdue
  • These OWL resources will help you learn how to use the American Psychological Association (APA) citation and format style. This section contains resources on in-text citation and the References page, as well as APA sample papers, slide presentations, and the APA classroom poster.
• WCSU Databases
  • Ebsco, Proquest, JSTOR provide links to citation creators. Once you find your resource - article, book pages etc., just click on the citation link and pick the correct format. Watch this video to see how to save a citation in WestSearch. 

ASA Citation Guidelines

Physical Copies of the ASA Style Guide

Online ASA Resources

• ASA Formatting Help - OWL Purdue
  • These OWL resources will help you learn how to use the American Sociological Association (ASA) citation and format style. This contains resources on creating in-text citations and the References page, as well as ASA sample papers, slide presentations, and an ASA formatted classroom poster.
• WCSU Databases
  • Ebsco, Proquest, JSTOR provide links to citation creators. Once you find your resource - article, book pages etc., just click on the citation link and pick the correct format. Watch this video to see how to save a citation in WestSearch. 

MLA Citation Guidelines

Physical Copies of the MLA Style Guide

Online MLA Resources

• MLA Formatting Help - OWL Purdue
  • These OWL resources will help you learn how to use the Modern Language Association (MLA) citation and format style. This section contains resources on creating in-text citations and a Reference page, as well as MLA sample papers and slide presentations.
• MLA Handbook
  • The first chapter is available online for free on the MLA website. This chapter covers the very basics of formatting your paper.
• Sample papers
  • These sample papers come directly from the MLA website. Examples of high school papers and undergraduate-level papers are available. 
• WCSU Databases
  • Ebsco, Proquest, JSTOR provide links to citation creators. Once you find your resource - article, book pages etc., just click on the citation link and pick the correct format. Watch this video to see how to save a citation in WestSearch. 

Chicago Citation Guidelines

Physical Copies of the Chicago Manual of Style

Online Chicago Resources

• Chicago Formatting Help - OWL Purdue
  • These OWL resources will help you learn how to use the Chicago Manual of Style. This site includes in-text citation help, reference (bibliography) list formatting, sample papers, and sample presentations.
• CMOS Shop Talk - Chicago Student Resources
  • Do you need to learn the basics of “Chicago Style” for writing and formatting research papers? This post serves as an introduction and includes paper-formatting tip sheets, an overview of Chicago-style source citations, and 26 topic sheets for teachers to use in the classroom.
• WCSU Databases
  • Ebsco, Proquest, JSTOR provide links to citation creators. Once you find your resource - article, book pages etc., just click on the citation link and pick the correct format. Watch this video to see how to save a citation in WestSearch. 

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