Research Guides: Social Work : Citation

APA Guides

The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
is available in the Sprague Library. (see below)

APA Style - Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
Call Number: BF76.7 .P83 2010B
Three copies are available on the second floor of the library that can be checked out.
Two non-circulating copies are available at the library's Reference Desk.

APA Style in Brief
Short handout from the Sprague Library at Montclair State University.

BibMe
Free web service that assists in formatting citations in MLA, APA Chicago or Turabian through the use of simple forms.
Citation Machine
Free website to generate citations by selecting the format and entering the item information.
EasyBib
Bibliography an citation generator but only free for MLA style. There is a fee to generate citations in formats other than MLA.
Endnote
The EndNote Web version available for free to the MSU community. In Web of Science, click on "My EndNote Web" link and "Register" to create an account.
MSU faculty can contact IT at 7971 to have it locally installed on their device.
Knight Cite
Tool for MLA, APA, and Chicago styles created by Calvin College. Choose electronic or print, then the type of resource you are citing.
Mendeley
Free citation tool to automatically generate bibliographies and collaborate with other researchers online.
Zotero
An open source citation management tool.

APA Tutorials from the Purdue OWL.
Chicago-Turabian Citation Formats
Citation Style for Academic Writing
MSU Center for Writing Excellence guide includes APA, Chicago, and MLA.
Understanding Citations Tutorial (Univ. of Texas)
Endnote
Endnote is a citation management program which can help you organize your sources, notes, and generate bibliographies and citations.
Zotero Tutorial