LibGuides: Locating and Using Agricultural Resources: Citing Sources

Citation Formats

Different citation formats are used by different academic disciplines. Professors will often require a particular format, but if they have no preference these guidelines may be helpful:

APA - psychology, education, and other social sciences
MLA - literature, arts, and humanities
Turabian - designed for college students to use with all subjects
Chicago - used with all subjects in the "real world" by books, magazines, newspapers and other non-scholarly publications

Citation Styles & Disciplines

RefWorks

RefWorks is a citation management software tool available to UC Merced students, faculty and staff. RefWorks helps you ...

manage your research materials.
create bibliographies.
generate in-text citations. (Word, Google Docs)
annotate articles.
share references / documents with others.

See information on the new RefWorks interface.

More Citation Tools

Research and Documentation (Bedford/St. Martin's
Includes a list of style manuals, citation examples and sample papers.
Bibme Bibliography Generator
Free automatic bibliography generator that supports MLA, APA, Chicago, and Turabian formatting
Citation Machine
Assists students and professional researchers to properly credit the information they use.
EasyBib Citation Guides
Guidelines, structures and examples for citing common sources in MLA, APA and Chicago Notes styles.
NCSU Citation Builder
Citation Builder creates citations for you in APA, MLA, and Chicago CBE/CSE formats.
Zotero
Zotero is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources.

Create Citations

Academic Search Complete (ASC)

Check mark articles.
Click on the Folder icon (upper right) to view the items.
Select the articles in your folder. Save or email.
Select the citation style. APA is available.

UC Library Search

Go to a record for an item.
Click on Citation.
Select citation style. APA is available.
Copy and Paste the citation or export it.

Tutorials

		How to Avoid Plagiarism: What is Plagiarism? [ flash ] Watch this entertaining set of movies to gain an understanding of plagiarism and how to best avoid risking your academic integrity. By the Paul Robeson Library at Rutgers.

		How to Avoid Plagiarism: Real Life Examples [ flash ] Watch this entertaining set of movies to gain an understanding of plagiarism and how to best avoid risking your academic integrity. By the Paul Robeson Library at Rutgers.

		How to Avoid Plagiarism: The Cite is Right Quiz Show [ flash ] Watch this entertaining set of movies to gain an understanding of plagiarism and how to best avoid risking your academic integrity. By the Paul Robeson Library at Rutgers.

		Preventing Plagiarism: Keepin' it Real [ flash ] This tutorial uses talking avatars and graphics to explain the pitfalls of plagiarism. Created by Alanna Aiko Moore, Alice Perez, Gayatri Singh and Marlo Young at UC San Diego's Social Science & Humanities Library.