Guides: Africana Studies: Citing Your Sources

Style Manuals and Writing Guides

Purdue OWL Formatting and Style Guide
Online style guide from the Writing Lab at Purdue University.

MLA Handbook 8th ed.
Call Number: Research Help Desk LB2369 .G53 2016
Publication Date: 2016
Guides writers through the principles behind evaluating sources for their research, shows them how to cite sources in their writing, and create useful entries for the works-cited list.
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association - 7th ed by American Psychological Association Staff
Call Number: Research Help Desk BF76.7 .P83 2020
Publication Date: 2020
The Chicago Manual of Style - 17th ed
Call Number: Research Help Desk Z253 .U69 2017
Publication Date: 2017

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Zotero Basics

Zotero is a free, open source, easy-to-use citation management program that helps you to collect, manage, cite, and share your research sources. It lives right where you do your work - in your web browser. Designed to be intuitive and unobtrusive, Zotero is a powerful and handy tool for any academic.

Zotero works on all three major operating systems: PC, Mac, and Linux!

IMPORTANT: Since Zotero captures the information from databases and Web sites, the final version of your notes and/or bibliography may be incorrect (i.e. missing information or in the wrong order). You still need to know the specific citing style that you are using.