Virtual Reference Desk: Citation Guides

APA Style Format (psychology, education, and other social sciences)

Chicago (general, often used by newspapers)

MLA (English and other humanities)

Turabian (scientific and humanities; brief citation information)

Bibliographic Software

  • Citation Machine (automatically formats bibliographic information into APA or MLA formats. Be sure to double-check results!)
  • NoodleBib Express
  • RefWorks (an online research management service that automatically formats bibilograpies and footnotes in a variety of styles)

Other Citation Formats by Subject

engaged learning

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