LibGuides: FWS 121 Migration and the Modern City: MLA Citation

Guides Online

MLA Formatting and Style Guide, from Purdue University
The OWL program at Purdue has some excellent instructional guides, among them this guide to APA explaining and showing examples for formating a research paper and citation styles.
MLA Style, SUNY Albany Citation Fox
A very easy to use source for learning how to site various types of sources, especially examples on how to cite data sets.
Chicago Manual of Style, from Purdue University
Chicago Manual of Style Ciation Quickguide from the Publisher
"The Chicago Manual of Style presents two basic documentation systems: (1) notes and bibliography and (2) author-date. Choosing between the two often depends on subject matter and the nature of sources cited, as each system is favored by different groups of scholars.. .The notes and bibliography style is preferred by many in the humanities, including those in literature, history, and the arts.. . The author-date system has long been used by those in the physical, natural, and social sciences."

Writing and Citing Help at UR

There are many resources for help with writing on campus.

For some easy to use guides to citing in other popular citation styles, go to our Writing and Citing page: http://libguides.lib.rochester.edu/writingNciting.

The Eastman Writing Center offers individual writing help, to make an appointment visit http://www.esm.rochester.edu/offices/ewc/ .

The Writing, Speaking and Argument Center at the River Campus offers individual writing help, to make an appointment visit http ://writing.rochester.edu/help.

In Print

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers by Joseph Gibaldi; Modern Language Association of America Staff
Call Number: LB2369 .G53 2009
ISBN: 9781603290241
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
The Chicago Manual of Style by University of Chicago Staff (Editor)
ISBN: 9780226104201
Publication Date: 2010-08-01

Citation Managers

Citation managers like RefWorks, EndNote, Mendeley and Zotero help you track and organize your citations, so that when you're writing your paper, you can easily cite your sources. Citation managers also help you insert citations, create endnotes and bibliographies.

EndNote
Export and format references from databases. Learn more.
RefWorks (Legacy edition)
A web-based citation management tool. Export references from databases and format them for papers and bibliographies. For more information consult the U of R RefWorks help page.

Mendeley
An easy-to-use reference manager - especially if you have a lot of pdfs that you want to organize.
Zotero
This is a great citation manager if you're likely to cite blogs, videos and webpages - captures the relevant information with one-click.