Citation Styles

This is a selection of links to different citation styles.  Regardless of which style you choose, be sure to consistently use the same format within a paper or bibliography. Full, print editions of the APA, MLA, and Chicago/Turabian style guides are available at the Reference Desk in Stapleton Library.

General Guides:

IUP Writing Center Style Guides

• APA
• MLA
• Citing Electronic Sources

Bibliographic Management Software

• Endnote
  --client software the enables users to search online bibliographic databases, organize reference and images, and create bibliographies and figure lists instantly.  IUP users can pick up a copy of EndNote software with an I-card at the IT Support Center
  Delaney Hall, Suite G35
  Phone: 724-357-4000
  Email: it-support-center@iup.edu
  web site: www.iup.edu/itsupportcenter
  . More information  Getting Started with Endnote at IUP.  Download  Endnote filters    Licensed with Student Technology Fee Funds
• WriteNote
  --WriteNote is a web-based bibliographic management tool. WriteNote delivers tools to discover library resources, to annotate and save web pages for citing, to collect and organize references and to format citations and footnotes or for a bibliography.  It is available on-campus or by using the VPN [Virtual Private Network] More information.  Licensed with Student Technology Fee Funds
• Easybib--site prompts users for bibliographic elements and builds bibliography automatically. Free to all users.

Other Guides

• Online! Citation Styles - a very complete guide to citing the full range of electronic sources in several styles (MLA, APA, Chicago, CBE)
• Columbia Guide to Online Style (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/cgos/idx_basic.html) - for electronic resources, includes MLA, APA, and Chicago/Turabian styles

Citing Electronic Sources in APA Style:

• APA Style Online (http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html)

Turabian/Chicago Documentation Guide:

• Documentation Guide - Turabian (http://juno.concordia.ca/faqs/turabian.html)