Zotero
- ZoteroWorks with Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Safari. Saves citations to articles, books, webpages, and more with a single click. Install the Zotero Word plug-in to quickly create bibliographies and add citations to papers. Can be linked to Dropbox accounts to store and organize PDFs. Open source.
- Using Zotero Research Guide (GC Library)An introductory tutorial to using Zotero 5.0.
APA Style
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association 7th ed. by Call Number: BF 76.7 .P83 2020ISBN: 9781433832154Publication Date: 2019-10-01For in-library use only, available in the Reference stacks on the library's 2nd floor.
- APA Style OnlineThe full APA style guide is available in print and ebook formats. This supplementary site from APA includes quick reference materials and updates.
- APA Guide OnlineFrom Purdue's online writing lab, a lengthy outline of style guide basics from the American Psychological Association. The full APA style guide is available in print book format only.
- Citing Government DocumentsGovernment documents can be more difficult to cite properly than standard books and journals.This short bibliography by Columbia University librarians suggests guides to government document citation formats.
ASA Style
- ASA Guide OnlineFrom Purdue's online writing lab, an outline of style guide basics from the American Sociological Association. The full ASA style guide is available in print book format only.
- Quick Tips for ASA StyleProduced by the American Sociological Association. A style sheet distilling the main elements of ASA Style.
Other Citation Style Guides
- MLA Style GuideFrom Purdue OWL (Online Writing Lab). Full MLA guide not available online, but this site answers basic questions.
- MLA Style FAQMLA does not make its complete style guide available to institutions, but this brief guide is useful.
- Chicago Manual of Style Online
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Full text of the 17th and 18th editions of the Chicago Manual of Style, including quick guide, questions and answers, and additional tools.
- Turabian Quick GuideThis site gives a quick overview of Turabian style, which is a simplified version of Chicago style.
- Scientific Style and Format Online
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Now in its eighth edition, the indispensable reference for authors, editors, publishers, students, and translators in all areas of science and related fields has been fully revised by the Council of Science Editors to reflect today’s best practices in scientific publishing.
- ACS Guide to Scholarly CommunicationThe ACS Guide to Scholarly Communication is a resource for authors, publishers, teachers and students on how to effectively communicate scientific information in chemistry and beyond. This title has information on how to write, review, submit, and edit scholarly and scientific manuscripts.