Citation & Writing Guide: Citing Sources
Find citation style guides, citation management tools, writing/grammar guides and links to the UWT Teaching and Learning Center.
Citation Styles
APA l MLA l Chicago l CSE l AMA l Additional Resources
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General Citation Sources
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OWL Purdue - APA, Chicago, & MLAOne of the most widely used citation websites, created by Purdue University. This site includes general research tips, as well as formatting, citation, and style overviews.
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DocsCite - MLA & APADocsCite is a step-by-step guide to putting government publication citations into proper style format.
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Citing Goverment DocumentsExamples of how to cite various types of government publications. Created by IU - Bloomington.
Why Cite?
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UW Tacoma Student Code of Conduct, Academic HonestyFor information regarding the consequences of plagiarism, view the UWT Student Code of Conduct.
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Oops, I PlagarizedA how-to website from UCLA that covers issues of plagiarism, academic honesty, and intellectual property.
Citation Management Systems
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Comparing Citation Management SystemsNot sure which citation management system to choose? Take a look at this guide to the commonly used citation - or reference - management systems available to the UW Tacoma community.
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ZoteroSave everything from online articles to webpages. Then you can categorize them and export bibliographies formatted in the major citation styles.
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MendeleyA free reference manager and academic social network that can help you organize your research and collaborate with others.
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Endnote WebEndnote Web allows users to find, store, and share references, in addition to created bibliographies. (Endnote Web offers limited services, as compared to Endnote.)
Citation Generators
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EasyBibEasy online citation generator, covering 59 formats. Creating citations is only free for MLA style. However, in the EasyBib add-on for Google Docs, MLA, APA, and Chicago N&B are included for free.
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KnightCiteFree web-based citation builder from Calvin College's Hekman Library; produces citations in MLA, APA and Chicago N&B styles.
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ResearchOMaticThis web form builds citations in 18 different styles for web sites, books, and newspaper, magazine, and journal articles
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Son of Citation MachineGenerates citations in MLA, APA, Chicago, and Turabian for 11 source types.