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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RefWorksRefWorks is a web-based personal citation databases and bibliography creators that allow you to import, store, and share your research citations and automatically format your bibliographies into whatever style you need (APA, MLA, Chicago, and many more).
PLEASE NOTE: We highly recommend that you migrate your RefWorks account to RefWorks 3.0, as version 2.0 is experiencing some problems and will eventually be phased out. -
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.