Citation Styles: Handbooks, Resources, and Guides: Guides Online

The official online version of the MLA Handbook, 9th edition. Here's a shortcut to Appendix 2, Works-Cited-Entries List by Publication Format. A print copy of the Handbook is shelved in the Olin Ready Reference collection: Olin Ref LB 2369 .M52 2021.

See Works Cited: A Quick Guide for detailed examples. Not a style guide. Introduces the concepts of Core Elements and Containers and uses a conceptual approach to citation that should help when citing sources not covered by examples in the latest edition of the MLA Handbook.

APA Style Blog for the 6th edition [archived]
Handy help with good explanations of and solutions for knotty APA citation situations. For example, see this recent article How to Cite ChatGPT.

17th ed. [CUL subscription access]
Chapter 14: Notes and Bibliography.
Chapter 15: Author-Date References.
[CUL subscription online access. Access to the 16th ed. is also available online as part of our subscription.]

[CUL subscription access]

From the MLA Style Center.

LibGuide created by Lynn Thitchener.

Online version (in Hathi Trust).

Catalog record for the ProQuest Ebook Central version of the 2nd edition (2006).

When assisting with legal citation in the UK, use the PDF of the Full OSCOLA guide (4th ed.) linked from this page.

Examples in APA and MLA styles from the University of Calgary.

Use when assisting UWE users on coop chat.

When assisting University of Wolverhampton users on coop chat, use one of the styles recommended on this"Referencing" page. Note: their Harvard style differs from UWE's. The Harvard referencing Quick Guides are freely available, but the Cite Them Right resources require a login.

(MLA, Chicago, and APA examples from Colgate University Visual Resources Library)

8th ed. [CUL subscription access]

Link opens as an MS Word document. Specific citation examples.

(Murdoch University Library)