LibGuides: FYCO-113-50: Diversity and Life through the World of Baseball and Film: Citing Sources

Also Recommended

MLA Handbook by The Modern Language Association of America
Call Number: Ready Reference
ISBN: 9781603292627

MLA Style online

The MLA Style Center website provides useful resources including notices on recent updates and sample papers. Updated for brand new 9th edition released in 2021!

Quick links:

Academic Writer (APA Style)

Academic Writer (APA Style Central) This link opens in a new window
Academic Writer is a tool that provides the resources necessary to learn, research, write and publish in APA style. The database includes brief videos on APA formatting as well as more detailed tutorials on writing and research skills.

Master the art of scholarly writing with Academic Writer! Features include:

Templates to help you create papers
Reference tools to create & store APA citations
Tutorials on writing, research & publishing
Sample papers, references, tables & figures for visual learning
Quick guides to learn or brush up on skills like writing style, formatting & more

NOTE: Academic Writer has been updated to include the latest changes to the APA Style Manual for the 7th edition. Click here to learn more about new content and features.

MLA Citation

MLA citation style was updated for 2016. Follow along with this video to see what's new!

Source: Kyle Stedman, assistant professor of English at Rockford University.

APA: Citing an Electronic Journal Article

Only the first word in an article title should be capitalized.
Journal title and volume number should be in italics.
NEW! doi number must be complete URL (starts with https://)

Chicago Manual of Style Online

Chicago Manual of Style This link opens in a new window
The Chicago Manual of Style Online is completely searchable and easy to use, providing quick answers to your style and editing questions. The Q & A content is fully searchable along with the content of The Chicago Manual of Style. The Chicago Manual of Style Online also provides convenient Tools, such as sample forms, letters, and style sheets.

Quick links:

Citation Help

Here are some great resources to help with proper citation styles:

OWL: Excelsior Online Writing Lab

This handy open source guide from Excelsior College provides reference and instruction on conducting research, preventing plagiarism and use of APA, MLA and Chicago Style citations.

NoodleTools

This research platform offers tools for note-taking, outlining, citation, document archiving/annotation and collaborative research and writing. You will need to create a personal account to save your work.

Resources for Writers

The Monmouth University Writing Center provides style sheets for writing, grammar, citation styles and the writing process on its Resources for Writers page. One-on-one assistance available by appointment.

Zotero

This platform offers tools that assist with collecting, organizing and citing research as well as for collaborative research and writing. You will need to create a personal account to save your work.