Citing What You Find

Give credit where credit is due! Correct citation of your sources is imperative, both to point your readers to sources of further information and to acknowledge the sources you used. See the Wesleyan Blue Book section on plagiarism for more on the importance of citing sources and on how, when, and why to cite a source.
 

EndNote is a program that works with MS Word and other word processing programs to automatically format bibliographies in a variety of styles. 
 

The following web sites offer style guides to the most commonly used formats. Check with your instructor if you are unsure which one to use.

American Psychological Association (APA) - Bibliography style handbook for paper, online, and other sources

American Sociological Association (ASA) - Bibliography style handbook for paper, online, and other sources

Chicago Manual of Style - Bibliography style handbook for paper, online, and other sources

Modern Language Association (MLA) - Bibliography style handbook for paper, online, and other sources

Turabian - Citation styles for social sciences based on Turabian's Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations

Citation Style Guides - Index of web sites on a variety of citation styles.

Sources: Their Use and Acknowledgement - A citation handbook, with a guide to creating citations and many examples of citations in MLA, APA, and the journal Science citation styles, plus links to online sites for other styles.

Citing Electronic Resources - Index of web sites on citing Internet sites and other computer-based information sources

Citing Archival Documents - A Short Guide provided by Wesleyan's Special Collections and Archives. 
 

For tips on grammar and writing style, see

Grammar, Usage, and Style - Yahoo's index links to guides for grammar. 


If you have any questions concering copyright and fair use laws, take a Crash Course in Copyright from a copyright lawyer at University of Texas, or consult the Copyright and Fair Use guide written by librarians at Stanford.