Style Manuals

Create Your Own Citations

Citation Machine   -- Build your own APA or MLA citations here! Enter the relevant inforamtion and click  Make Citations to generate standard MLA and APA citations.  If your resource is not included in the list, consult one of the style guides or a librarian. 

SourceAid -- Great web-based citation generation and management.  No need to download software. 

BiblioExpress -- Freeware edition of Biblioscape:  a simple tool for students to create their own citations and bibliographies. 

Scholar's Aid 4 Lite -- Freeware version of Scholar's Aid.  Downloadable version for creating references and bibliographies. 

APA (American Psychological Association) Style

The complete 5th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association is available in Foley Library on Reserve or at the Reference Desk (BF 76.7 P83 2001). See also How to Prepare a Research Article in APA Style (REF BF 76.7.A54 2002).  Or use The Bedford Handbook (REF Desk PE 1408.H277 2002). 

APA Crib Sheet  -- Check this out!  Russ Dewey's FANTASTIC crib sheet for citations in-text and reference formats. 

Using APA Format  -- Great guide for writing and formatting papers in APA.  Easy to read with examples. By Purdue's online writing lab.

Citing Sources:  APA -- Good citing examples from UMass Libraries. 

Duke Libraries Citing Guide -- Use: Citing Sources within Your Paper and Assembling a List of Works Cited in Your Paper. 

Chicago Style

The Chicago Manual of Style (15th edition) is available in Foley Library at the Reference Desk (Z 253 U69 2003). 

Chicago Manual of Style -- Great site!  Includes specifics on citing different sources.

MLA (Modern Language Association)  Style

The complete MLA Handbook for Writers or Research Papers (6th edition) is available in Foley Library on Reserve or at the Reference Desk (LB 2369.G53 2003).

Using MLA Format  -- Great guide for writing and formatting papers in MLA, created by Purdue's online writing lab. Easy to read with examples

MLA Style -- Kingwood College Library's cheat sheet with examples.  Short and to the point.

Duke Libraries Citing Guides --  Use Citing Sources Within Your Paper and Assembling a List of Works Cited. 

SBL handbook of style : for ancient Near Eastern, Biblical, and early Christian studies

The Complete SBL Handbook is available in REF PN147.S26 1999

SBL Handbook - Quick Refernce guide from the John Brown University Library

Online Citations Formats

For additional information use Electronic Styles: A Handbook for Citing Electronic Information (Ref Desk PN 171 F56 L5 1996).  

Columbia Guide to Online style  -- Provides elements of citation forboth humanities and scientific citations for electronically-accessed sources.

ONLINE! Citation Styles -- Provides examples of citation formats to cite and document sources using MLA, APA, Chicago and CBE styles.

Other Style Manuals

Other style manuals available in Foley which include citations formats and examples:  Bedford Handbook (REF DESK PE 1408 H277 2002); The Little Brown Handbook (Ref Desk PE 1112.F64 2001); or Turabian's A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses and Dissertations (Ref Desk LB 2369.T8 1996).

Revised by J. Spencer 3/06