J.W. Dickhaut Library: Citation Style Guides: Citation Style Guides

Why Citations Matter

It's important to cite sources you used in your research for several reasons:

To show your reader you've done proper research by listing sources you used to get your information
To be a responsible scholar by giving credit to other researchers and acknowledging their ideas
To avoid plagiarism by quoting words and ideas used by other authors
It connects your work to that of other scholars
It is one way that scholars enter into a scholarly conversation with each other.

Sources: Citing sources: Overview and Scholarly Conversations and You

Copyright

Copyright Awareness CIRC 21 document - US Government "Reproduction of Copyrighted Works by Educators and Librarians" US Copyright Office.
Copyright Policy for MTSO 2016 The fundamental purpose for these guidelines is to provide an overview for faculty, staff, and students at the Methodist Theological School in Ohio (MTSO) about how to comply with U.S. copyright law. Understanding copyright law and using it in good faith enables all members of the campus community to exercise with confidence the rights we have as users of fixed medium, copyrighted works.

Citation Style Guides

The Chicago Manual of Style
Includes the full Chicago Manual of Style 16th and 15th editions along with a quick guide to the style and a Q&A section.
MLA Style Center
The MLA Style Center is the only authorized Web site on MLA style.
Ohio State University Citation Help
There are several different style manuals for how to prepare citations in a bibliography. This page has many links to the different citation styles.
Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) Research and Citation Resources
SBL Handbook of Style: For Biblical Studies and Related Disciplines - ebook
SBL Supplement for SBL Handbook of Style - PDF
Turabian Citation Style
From the University of Chicago

Citation Management

Use a citation generator when you need to create a bibliography. These user-friendly, easy-to-use tools create individual citations that must be copied and pasted into a Word document. Be sure to proofread your citations for accuracy, completeness, and correct formatting. Although citation generators can be quite reliable, they are not error proof.

Citation Builder — automatically generates citations for print or online sources in MLA, APA, and Chicago

EasyBib

MLA, APA, Turabian, Chicago, etc. Some features require a free account. Upgrade for additional features.

Mendeley

Also works as a citation manager, and not just generator. Mendeley is a free reference manager for students and researchers. Make your own fully-searchable library in seconds, cite as you write, as well as read and annotate PDFs on any device.

Zotero

Like Mendeley, Zotero is also a robust citation manager. Billed as a "personal research assistant", it's is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources.