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Welcome to the Writing Toolkit.  In the following tabs we have created tools that we hope will help you with your writing.  If you need guidance about the writing process click on the how to write a paper tab.  If you need help evaluating sources look at the how to evaluate a web page tab.  If you have all of your information, but need help citing it, look at the Citation Styles tab.

If you have any suggestions about things that we need to add, please let us know.

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An important part of doing a research paper is citing the sources that you used. The citation style that you use depends upon the discipline that you are writing in, and the preference of the instructor or department that you are writing the paper for. This page provides a series of links to sites that show how to use the various citation styles.

Contents:

• Multiple Styles
• ACS Style
• AMA Style
• APA Style
• Chicago Style
• MLA Style
• Turabian Style

Multiple Styles:

These sites provide information on how to use many different citation styles. Some of these cites compare the requirements of different styles, while others provide links to the different citation styles.

• Citing Sources and avoiding plagiarism - http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/citing.htm
• Citing References in Your Paper - http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/Documentation.html
• Library and Information Science: Citation Guides for Electronic Documents - http://www.ifla.org/I/training/citation/citing.htm
• Citation Guides - http://www.library.arizona.edu/library/type1/tips/data/citation.html

ACS Style: 

These sites provide a guide to using the ACS style

• ACS (American Chemical Society) Style Guidelines Quick Guide
• A Quick Guide to Reference Citations Using the ACS Style Guide
• Examples of American Chemical Society Style

AMA Style: 

These sites provide a guide to using the AMA style

• Quick Reference Citation Format for AMA Manual of Style - http://www.samford.edu/schools/pharmacy/dic/amaquickref07.pdf
• AMA Citation Style - http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citama.htm
• AMA Style Guiide - http://healthlinks.washington.edu/hsl/styleguides/ama.html

APA Style:

These sites provide a guide to using the APA style

• APA Formatting and style guide - http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01
• How to cite sources APA style - http://www.nova.edu/library/dils/lessons/apa/
• Landmarks Son of Citation Machine - http://citationmachine.net

Chicago Style: 

These sites provide a guide to using the Chicago Style

• Chicago Citation Style - http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citchi.htm
• Chicago Style Guide - http://healthlinks.washington.edu/hsl/styleguides/chicago.html
• The Chicago Manual of Style - http://www.libs.uga.edu/ref/chicago.html
• Chicago Manual of Style Citation Guide - http://www.lib.ohio-state.edu/sites/guides/chicagogd.html
• Landmarks Son of Citation Machine - http://citationmachine.net

MLA Style:

These sites provide a guide to using the MLA style

• MLA Formatting and Style Guide - http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/
• Landmarks Son of Citation Machine - http://citationmachine.net
• MLA Style, 7th edition - http://library.williams.edu/citing/styles/mla.php
• MLA 7th ed. Citation Examples - http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/library/mlahcc7th.html

Turabian: 

These sites provide a guide to using the Turabian style

• Turabian Citation Guide - http://www.lib.ohio-state.edu/sites/guides/turabiangd.html
• Turabian's A Manual For Writers: Turabian Citation and Format Style Guide - http://http://www.isr.bucknell.edu/img/assets/6535/turabian.pdf
• Divinity School @ Campbell: Academic Resources - http://web.campbell.edu/divinity/studentinformation/academic_resources.html

These sites contain tips that will help you improve your writing.