APA Citation Style
- APA Tutorial -Bellvue CollegeThis is a pretty straight forward guide.
- APA Style PowerpointFor those who learn visually this is a nice simple explanation of APA.
- SFCC Library Guide to APA CitationsCaptain Citation handout.
MLA Format
- MLA Diana HackerCovers in-text citations, works cited page and paper layout based on MLA 7th edition. Numerous examples shown.
- Link to SFCC MLA Citation PageCaptain Citation guide.
- Lake Forest College Sample CitationsHow to cite oddball stuff plus samples of articles citations from common databases SFCC students will use the database names: Proquest, Academic Search Complete or JSTOR
- OWL - Purdue Online Writing LabNo doubt the most famous writing and citation resource
- Documenting SourcesUse HUMANITIES for MLA, Social Sciennce for APA, History for Chicago style, and Science CSE is also covered
Citation makers
- Knight Cite- Calvin CollegeProduces citations in MLA, APA and Chicago style
ALWAYS check the citation generated against the guidelines given by your instructor.
- OSLIS - Oregon SchoolsMLA only
- Easy BibHas a free smartphone AP for Android or I-phones.
Plagiarism Tutorial
An animated interactive tutorial; Click on the picture to begin. Use the NEXT button to get started.
What is Common Knowledge?
Short (1:24) video on when to reference common knowledge.
Sample Citations MLA
Sample citation for a magazine article found in Proquest
Rozen, Laura. "Strange Bedfellows." Nation 10 Nov. 2003: 6-7. Proquest.
Web. 16 Dec. 2003.
Sample book citation
Tan, Amy. Saving Fish from Drowning. New York: Putnam, 2005. Print.
Sample web site citation
United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Drinking Water Standards. EPA,
28; Nov. 2006. Web. 24 Jan. 2009.