MLA, APA REFERENCES

 

Avoiding Plagiarism

 

Evaluating Sources

 

Citation Formats

 

 

PaperToolsPro™ is a tool to help you, the researcher, focus more on the thinking process of the paper and less on the mechanics of bibliography cards, note cards, citations and bibliography/works cited page. However, you must be a critical thinker at every step of the process in order to benefit from the use of this program and to benefit from all the work put into your project.

 

This tool will help you create in-text citations and works cited or bibliographies for most sources in the styles provided. Always con form to the style requirements of the instructor, educational institution or publication. Utilize your school’s website for information on research paper formatting, intellectual honesty policy and available databases. For more specifics on MLA, APA, ACS, CBE, AAAS, Chicago Manual of Style, and legal sources guidelines, use the following guides:

 

 

MLA style

 

Modern Language Association. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 7th ed. New York: Modern Language Association, 2009. Print.

 

http://www.hccs.cc.tx.us/system/library/TipSheets/MLA.html

(Houston Community College System Website)

 

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html

(University of Purdue Writing Center Website)

 

http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocMLA.html

(University of Wisconsin, Madison Writing Center Website)

 

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/6354/mla.html

 

 

APA style

 

American Psychological Association. (2001) Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. 5^th ed. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

 

http://www.crk.umn.edu/library/links/apa5th.htm

(University of Minnesota, Crookston, Website)

 

http://www.hccs.cc.tx.us/system/library/TipSheets/APA.html

(Houston Community College System Website)

 

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_apa.html

(University of Purdue Writing Center Website)

 

http://www.lib.usm.edu/~instruct/guides/apa.html

(University of Southern Mississippi Website)

 

 

Legal sources and government publications

 

The Bluebook: AUniform System of Citation (Columbia Law Review Ass’n et al. eds., 17^th ed. 2000).

 

http://www.humboldt.edu/~ap23/infocomp/citation/government.htm

(Humboldt State University Website)

 

 

Various styles for scientific papers

 

http://library.cord.edu/library101/acs_citation.htm

(ACS, American Chemical Society format at Concordia College, Moorhead, MN, Website)

 

http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/cbe.html

(CBE format at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Website)

 

http://www.lib.ohio-state.edu/guides/cbegd.html

(CBE format at Ohio University Web site)

 

http://www.sciencemag.org/feature/contribinfo/prep/res/refs.shtml

(AAAS, Science magazine format)

 

 

The Chicago Manual of Style

 

The Chicago Manual of Style: The Essential Guide for Writers, Editors, and Publishers. 15^thed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003.

 

http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools.html

(Website of Chicago Manual of Style)

 

http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocChicago.html

(University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center)