Citation Resources

APA, MLA, and Chicago Styles

• APA Style
  • APA Citation Examples 
  • APA Tutorial 
  • Frequently Asked Questions
    
    
• MLA Style
  • MLA Citation Examples
  • MLA Tutorial
  • Frequently Asked Questions
    
    
• Chicago Manual of Style
  • Chicago Citation Examples (Documentary-Note Style)
  • Chicago-Style Citation Quick Guide (More examples)
    

Additional Resources

• Bedford/St. Martin's - Citation Styles
  The Bedford/St. Martins Web site provides information about using MLA, APA, and Chicago citation styles to document Internet sources.
  
  
• Hacker Handbook Resources 
  This Web page, based on Diana Hacker's handbooks, provides links to PDFs of sample complete research papers in APA, MLA, and Chicago style.  Annotations throughout the papers provide additional information about how the papers should be formatted. 
  
  
• Online Guide to Writing and Research
  Chapter 5 of UMUC's Effective Writing Center's Online Guide to Writing and Research, Academic Integrity and Documentation, covers in-depth copyright issues, avoiding plagiarism, and documentation of sources. Information on MLA, APA, Chicago, and CBE citation styles is also provided.
  
  
• Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL)
  The Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL) provides information about using APA and MLA citation formats to document both traditional and Internet sources.
  
  
• University of Illinois Writers' Workshop
  The University of Illinois Writers' Workshop provides information about using APA and MLA citation formats to document both traditional and Internet sources.
  
  
• VAIL Citation Guide - Citation, Citation, Citation!
  UMUC's Center for Intellectual Property has created the Virtual Academic Integrity Laboratory (VAIL) to introduce you to proper citation as a way of avoiding plagiarism. For specific information on APA and MLA styles, see the Citation Examples: APA and MLA Style section of the guide.