Documentation--Citing Sources

Resources for Citing Sources

http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/Documentation.html -- Documentation Styles -- from the Univ. of Wisconsin at Madison.
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/citex.html -- ONLINE!  This web site addresses how to cite web sources. 
http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/citing.htm -- Citing Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism: Documentation Guidelines.  From Duke University Library.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_docelectric.html

Purdue University has one of the BEST Online Writing Centers (known as OWLS, by the way).  Here is the link for their handouts.

Citing Electronic Sources (HCC Library handout, updated Spring 05)

Here are the guidelines for citing sources located by searching Ebsco Host, Newsbank, e-books, and more.

Library Handout, in .rtf for easy download

Research navigator has some wonderful resources built into the site; this is part of the Mycomplab website.

http://mycomplab.com

Guidelines for both MLA and APA are included.

Keys for Writers -- Don't forget the wonderful section of the handbook about MLA and APA documentation styles, including detailed examples and sample student papers.
Great Resources on the web for help with Documenting Electronic Sources

A collection of links for writers and writing teachers, broken up into categories. Also includes graphic organizers, the 5 paragraph theme, how to do an annotated bibliography & more!

Using In-Text Citations -- As your witty Composition teacher commented, "More than all you wanted to know!" (Dargan 32).

Updated version, Spring04 in .rtf

The Citation Machine - The web-based tool for creating MLA or APA citations.

http://citationmachine.net/

Cherie's handout on how to use the Citation Machine  This is a wonderful research tool; simply select the type of resource you are using and a form appears on the screen. Fill it out and click on process and you will get a citation in both MLA and APA style.  My handout gives the details. 

Citation Machine Handout in .rtf

Using the Auto Cite Feature in MyComplab

Auto Cite is another web-based citation builder; it does both MLA and APA documentation styles.

Using Auto Cite (power point presentation) Added Spring 2005

This has a lot of print screens

 

 

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Created by Cherie Dargan

Updated September 22, 2006

Contact me by email at cdargan@hawkeyecollege.edu

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