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Citation Styles & Tools: Home

Quick help on citing sources and tools for storing and organizing sources.

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Starting Points / Top Resources

MLA Style Guide
MLA is the primary citation style used in the Humanities
APA Style Guide
APA is primarily used in the Social Sciences, Education and Engineering
Chicago Notes and Bibliography Style
Used widely in history and political science; features footnotes or endnotes accompanied by a bibliography
Chicago Author-Date Style
Uses parenthetical in-text citations accompanied by a works cited or references page
Citation Management Software
Guides for using Zotero, Mendeley, EndNote Basic and RefWorks to make saving and creating citations easy
Citation Management Appointment
Make an appointment to meet one-on-one with a librarian and learn how to use a citation manager!

What the Citation Team CAN help with:

We can help you identify what citation manager is best for your needs
We can help you get set up using a citation manager
We can help you troubleshoot citation tools problems

What the Citation Team CANNOT help with:

We cannot check reference pages and bibliographies for correctness
We are not experts in all citation styles

For more general questions about bibliographies, consider visiting the OWRC!

Last Updated: Oct 3, 2020 10:40 AM
URL: https://guides.lib.uw.edu/research/citations
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