English
Keep Track of Your Sources
Style guides help you format your writing and cite your sources. English usually uses the MLA style guide. You can find style guides at Preus Library, along with helpful tools like the Little Seagull Handbook.
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The Little Seagull Handbook
Call Number: Researh Help Desk PE1408 .B897 2021 -
MLA Handbook
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Call Number: Research help Desk LB2369 .M52 2021ebook
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. -
Purdue OWL Formatting & Style Guide
This online guide is for users of MLA, Chicago, or APA styles. Purdue OWL is excellent at providing examples and explanations for difficult-to-cite sources like websites and interviews.
Citation Management
If you have a lot of sources, it's a good idea to find a system to help you keep track of them.
This could be as simple as Word or Google document in which you keep track of each quote you're planning to use, along with where that quote came from and how you accessed it.
You can also use citation generators, such as EasyBib, or citation managers, like Zotero.
TIP: Zotero
Have a lot of sources? Looking for a way to stay organized? Try Zotero, a free tool that helps you keep track of sources and generate bibliographies. Learn more about it on Preus Library's Zotero Guide!
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