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ART 101-6: The World is a Cartoon (Reinke): Cite Sources

MLA Style Guides

MLA Formatting and Style Guide
From Purdue OWL, updated to reflect the MLA Handbook (8th ed.), offers examples for the general format of MLA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the Works Cited page.
MLA Style Center
KnightCite Citation Service
Create a citation in MLA format on the fly. A project of Calvin College's Hekman Library.

APA Style Guides

APA Formatting and Style Guide
Purdue OWL
APA Style (APA.org)

Chicago Style Guides

Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition, online
NUsearch lists as 16th ed. but it is the 17th ed.
CMOS Formatting and Style Guide
Purdue OWL

Help with Citation Management: Citation Workshops this Quarter

Workshops

on how to use EndNote and Zotero!

You can register from the Library Events page.

If you have any questions, please contact the library's bibliographic support team.

Short Video: Examining Citations (why and how to cite)

Citation Management Software

Citation Management Software: EndNote, Zotero, Mendeley. All of these programs can:

store references in one place
export citations directly from databases
automatically format bibliographies and citations in MLA, APA, Chicago Manual of Style, or thousands of other styles
keep reading notes linked to sources
insert citations directly into Word
attach files to your references and more!