Guides: Citation Help: Citing Correctly

Citing Correctly

Why Cite Correctly?

To give credit for work used
To provide users of your work access to related useful sources
To provide authority to your assertions

How Do You Cite?

There are many different styles for formatting references and various publications have different requirements for references. You can find manuals of style in the library in the Reference area on the second floor in the WZ 345 section. Online you can consult:

ICMJE Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts
Citing Machine
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From the National Library of Medicine

Citation Managers are programs that help you collect, organize, share, and cite sources.

Here are the citation manager programs that have guides:

EndNote Basic
Mendeley
Mendeley is a free reference manager and academic social network.
Zotero
Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, annotate, cite, and share research.

Formats single references:
Nice for grabbing a quickly formatted citation for one time use

BibMe
Free automatic citation creator that supports MLA, APA, Chicago, and Turabian formatting
Citefast
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Citefast is a FREE APA, MLA and Chicago citation generator. Generate references, bibliographies, in-text citations and title pages
EasyBib
Free for MLA format; APA and Chicago styles require a subscription
MyBib - Citation Helper
Helps automatically format references - AMA, APA, MLA, Chicago, and Vancouver formats supported
NoodleBib Express
Free version is good for one or two quick citations and not an entire source list
Citation Machine
Helps automatically format references - MLA, APA, Chicago, and Turabian formats supported

Copyright Resources

Writing Resources

5 Steps to Better Academic Writing (from UTMB SON)

Web sites that provide help writing/style.