Choosing a Citation Style
This guide provides guidance for the most commonly used citation styles, but there are many others. Use whichever style meets the requirements set by your instructor or publisher.
MLA
- MLA Citations by Format (MLA Style Center)Examples and guidance for how to cite five basic source types. Click on an entry to get more information, as well as links to posts with more examples.
- MLA Style: How to Format (Excelsior Online Writing Lab)Elements for constructing papers according to MLA guidelines.
- MLA Handbook, 9th ed. (Print Resource)Mugar Memorial Library, Reference X ; LB2369 .M52 2021.
APA
- APA Style: In-Text Citations (APA)A comprehensive guide to in-text citations from the official APA Style website
- APA Style: Formatting & Style Guide (Excelsior Writing Lab)Elements for constructing papers according to APA guidelines.
- Concise guide to APA style: The official APA style guide for students, 7th ed. (Print Resource)Mugar Memorial Library Reference X ; BF76.7 .C66 2020
Chicago & Turabian
- Chicago Manual of Style Online This link opens in a new window
The Chicago Manual of Style Online is a searchable guide the Chicago style of citation, editorial, and publishing practices. It includes both the 15th and 16th editions plus searchable Q&A content, sample forms, letters, and style sheets, and other tools.
- Chicago Manual of Style, Seventeenth Edition (Print Resource)Mugar Memorial Library Reference X ; Z253 .U69 2017
- Chicago Style 18th Edition (Excelsior Writing Lab)Elements for constructing papers according to Chicago guidelines.
- Chicago Style Citation Quick GuideA quick guide to citations from the official Chicago Manual of Style website.
