Style Guides
- APA Formatting & Style GuideFrom 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.
- APSA Formatting & Style GuideFrom the University of Wisconsin's writing center, an overview of the American Association of Political Science's style manual.
- ASA Formatting & Style GuideFrom Purdue's online writing lab, an outline of American Sociological Association manuscript formatting, in-text citations, and formatting the references page.
- Associated Press StyleFrom Purdue's online writing lab, a lengthy outline of AP basics.
- BibMeCreate MLA, APA, or Chicago style citations with ISBN, author, title. Format web sites, journals, videos, newspapers, and “other.” Save bibliography online then paste into a research paper.
- Chicago Manual of Style Online
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Full text of the 16th and 17th editions of the Chicago Manual of Style, including quick guide, questions and answers, and additional tools. Read more in our GC Library blog post about CMoS online.
- Citation MachineFormats citations in APA, MLA, Turabian or Chicago writing style.
- 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.
- ICMJE: International Committee of Medical Journals EditorsIncludes style guide and other writing guides. Required style for CUNY Doctor of Public Health program dissertations.
- Legal CitationCornell University's introduction to legal citation.
- MLA Documentation & Style GuideFrom the University of Wisconsin's writing center, the Modern Language's Association writing guidelines, summarized.
- MLA Formatting & Style GuideFrom Purdue University's online writing lab, a lengthy outline of Modern Language Association style.
- Turabian Quick GuideOutline of Turabian style, based on the Chicago style.
Citation Managers
Citation managers allow you to save and organize references and citations you gather during research. You can
- Import citations from databases.
- Attach pdfs and images.
- Generate bibliographies and footnotes.
There are two main citation managers supported by the Graduate Center: Zotero and Refworks.
To learn more make an appointment here.
- Zotero
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Saves and helps you to organize citations to articles, books, webpages, and more. Works with Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Safari. Install the Zotero Word plug-in to quickly create bibliographies and add citations to papers. - Refworks
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Online citation management licensed for all CUNY campuses. Generate footnotes and bibliography in any writing style; organize citations and notes in your private library. 25 MB limit on individual file size; 5 GB individual account limit. Group Code: RWGradC
There is a new interface available for RefWorks; see the library guide Citation Managers & Style Guides for more information.
Subject Guide
Reference Desk
Contact:
The Reference Desk is located on the 2nd Floor of the Mina Rees Library, and there are many more ways to get help with your research.
212-817-7077
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