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What's your style?

Click on the link below for your specific Citation Style:

MLA
APA
Chicago Manual of Style
APSA
ASA
For AAA style, see the AAA box on this page.

AAA Citation Style

Full Guide (12 pages):

AAA Style Guide

or click below for a quick guide (2 pages):

AAA Style Guide (2 pages)

Comparison of APA, Chicago, MLA Styles

Comparison Chart

Why cite?

Why should I cite?

Any time you use words or ideas created by someone else without giving proper credit to the creator, you are committing plagiarism, a very serious academic offense.

By not citing the proper source, you are leading the reader to believe that the words or ideas are your original work.

To protect copyright and give credit where credit is due, you must state where the words or ideas came from. This is typically done via both in-text citations and a list of References or Works Cited at the end of your paper.

To avoid committing plagiarism, you must give proper credit when you use:

Another person’s idea, opinion, or theory
Any information which is not common knowledge
A direct quotation from another person, either written or spoken
A paraphrase of another person’s spoken or written word

Noodletools: Citation and Bibliography Tool

Citation and Bibliography Tool:

NoodleTools
Create an account and manage your citations and research projects online. Account must be created ON CAMPUS, then you can access from off-campus.
NoodleTools Users Guide
Noodletools Powerpoint presentation
Noodletools - Help getting started
Guide will tell you how to create a new account and create citations.