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Go through an online tutorial on APA style, including how to format your papers and how to cite in the text and how to format your bibliography. Also find handouts on formatting and citation.

A copy-paste converter that allows you to turn old/existing bibliographies into a file that can be imported into Zoter. Start by pasting into 1. Parse

Sample papers formatted in seventh edition APA Style, including one annotated (notes about what to pay attention to) and one in *.doc format that can be used as a template.

Sample papers formatted in seventh edition APA Style, including one annotated (notes about what to pay attention to) and one in *.doc format that can be used as a template.

What does a title page look like? Where does the page number go? What are the margins? Take a look at this sample paper from Purdue's Online Writing Lab.

What does a title page look like? Where does the page number go? What are the margins? Take a look at this sample paper from Purdue's Online Writing Lab.

Examples of the types of item Zotero can cite in APA Style and what data to enter into each field.

Examples of the types of item Zotero can cite in APA Style and what data to enter into each field.

Examples of the types of item Zotero can cite in Chicago Style and what data to enter into each field.

Examples of the types of item Zotero can cite in Chicago Style and what data to enter into each field.

NC State University has a citation builder that creates citation in APA format. Remember you would still need to have in-text citation in your paper.

NC State University has a citation builder that creates citation in MLA format. Remember you would still need to have in-text citation in your paper.

NC State University has a citation builder that creates citation in APA or MLA format. Remember you would still need to have in-text citation in your paper.

Includes APA, Chicago, and MLA. Look through the top tab to find your style, then select the item you want to cite at the left.

This chart from Purdue University compares APA, MLA, and CMS styles on a easy to read chart. To download the chart, click on the link under the title that reads: Media File: Citation Style Chart.

For MLA style 8th edition. Look at examples of footnotes and bibliography formatting side by side.

Look at examples of footnotes and bibliography formatting side by side.

Look at examples of footnotes and bibliography formatting side by side.

Includes helpful hints.

"...a variant of the well-known Zotero reference manager that adds support for legal and multilingual research and writing." You can use this unofficial version if you are already familiar with Zotero, however, the future development of this variant may not directly follow with upgrades to Zotero itself. Instructions to setup the multilingual fields.

A bibliography composer from Calvin College that creates citations in the MLA, APA, and Chicago styles through an easy-to-use web form. This will only help you with your bibliography, remember, you still need to do in-text citations.

A bibliography composer from Calvin College that creates citations in the MLA, APA, and Chicago styles through an easy-to-use web form. This will only help you with your bibliography, remember, you still need to do in-text citations.

A bibliography composer from Calvin College that creates citations in the MLA, APA, and Chicago styles through an easy-to-use web form. This will only help you with your bibliography, remember, you still need to do in-text citations.

University of Wisconsin's guide to Modern Language Association style. Navigate with the menu on the right side of the page. Check their in-text citation guide here.

What does a title page look like? Where does the page number go? What are the margins? Take a look at these sample papers from Purdue's Online Writing Lab:

What does a title page look like? Where does the page number go? What are the margins? Take a look at these sample papers from Purdue's Online Writing Lab:

Guidelines and examples in PDF printable format, includes sample paper.

Guidelines and examples in PDF printable format.

Guidelines and examples in PDF printable format, includes sample paper.

A very handy one page chart of how to cite in Chicago style.

From University of Wisconsin, this is a handy guide that comes with examples. Includes info on subsequent notes for in-text citing.

"...an annotated bibliography includes a summary and/or evaluation of each of the sources." A guide to annotated bibliographies.

Very detailed in-depth coverage on how to use Chicago (Turabian) style in papers, starting from the Title Page and beyond.

What does a title page look like? Where does the page number go? What are the margins? Take a look at these sample papers from Purdue's Online Writing Lab.

What does a title page look like? Where does the page number go? What are the margins? Take a look at these sample papers from Purdue's Online Writing Lab.

From Purdue Online Writing Lab. Shortcuts to the contents are in the menu at the left, including iIn-text citation and works cited.

This guide from Yale gives an overview of how to cite Chinese, Japanese and Korean sources in Chicago style.

This guide from Yale gives an overview of how to cite Chinese, Japanese and Korean sources.

Purchase is required for this software. This is a full suite APA style software that integrates with a word processor. In addition to citations, it also assists with title pages, margins, and running heads. 

A robust converter that allows you to paste a bibliography (from Word or other text documents) and verify its conversion before generating a file that Zotero (and other reference managers) can import as individual entries.

University of Wisconsin has a detailed guide how to to use APA style with a downloadable PDF.

An entire overview for writing a psychology paper. Including guidelines for APA.

A bibliographic reference manager for gathering and organization citation information. An MS Word plugin can perform the cite-as-you-write function. Firefox, Chrome, and Safari plugins assist with gathering bibliographic information while researching online. Generates bibliographies in various citation styles with one click. More on how to use Zotero.

A bibliographic reference manager for gathering and organization citation information. An MS Word plugin can perform the cite-as-you-write function. Firefox, Chrome, and Safari plugins assist with gathering bibliographic information while researching online. Generates bibliographies in various citation styles with one click. More on how to use Zotero.

Zotero can help you cite as you write and generate a bibliography in any version of Chicago style, including author-date, note, full note. Note vs. Full Note: Full Note contains all the bibliographic information inside the footnote along with the cited page number. Note contains only the essential author and title info along with the cited page number (see example https://www.zotero.org/support/kb/chicago_style_versions).  More on how to use Zotero.