HIST 1431 (FWS): Mao, China, and the World: Writing Help

Choosing a topic, finding and evaluating sources, citing sources.

Has links to PDF's for APA (American Psychological Association) & MLA (Modern Language Association) citation styles, and the Chicago Manual of Style

(Scroll down to Citation Management Software)
These systems are designed to help you collect and organize your list of sources and citations. There are descriptions of Zotero and Mendeley (both free) and to EndNote (free 30-day trial but then have to buy software from bookstore). RefWorks is going away in Dec. 2015 as a free service but can be purchased by individuals.

If you need to create an annotated bibliography (formal list of citations, each with a brief description), this tutorial will help.
Zotero and other management tools will help you create a bibliography with your collected citations.

This page offers MLA, APA, and Chicago style citation guidelines and presents specific citation requirements for Asian-language resources, including sources in Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Persian and Punjabi. (web site created by U. of British Columbia)

Guidance by trained grads and undergrad tutors to help with papers, lab reports, presentations, essays, personal statements, & general writing questions.

If you need help with how to cite sources, you can come to a reference desk, or e-mail or chat online.