* Citing Sources and using Style Guides  

When you are doing research papers, often instructors will indicate that they want you to use a particular kind of style in citing references.  There are ones used for the social sciences, the humanities, and the sciences. 

The most popular are American Psychological Association (APA), Modern Language Association (MLA) and Chicago.  Turabian is a very useful style guide if your instructors do not indicate a particular type. 

In any case, you need to cite your sources in such a manner that other can go to the sources you used in your papers.  And it is very important to be consistent in your citation styles.

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Citations of particular materials (i.e., books, journals, websites) are easily recognizable by the content that they require. When writing citations from scratch, be sure to include the following general components.

The Purdue Owl site has information on annotated bibliographies.

• Carlos and Eddie's Bruin Success with Less Stress, from UCLA        
  An amusing and instructive tutorial about plagiarism, including how to keep on top of things and stay in control and downloading music files.
• Citing Sources from the University of California Santa Barbara        
  A basic tutorial which explains how to make sure you have the correct information for citations, tips to help keep you from plagiarizing, and a short discussion of copyright.
• Milne Library staff also offer GOLD workshops on citing sources in various disciplines.

This guide is maintained by Milne Library Reference Librarians and is adapted from a guide created by Rebecca Jackson at Iowa State University.