Online Citation Guides
Citation (Style) Guides Available Online
Quick access to MLA and APA styles:
More online citation (style) guides:
- MLA Handbook Plus[CUL subscription access]. 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 Library Ready Reference collection: Olin Library Reference LB 2369 .M52 2021.
- The MLA Style CenterSee 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.
From the Style Center:
How Do I Cite Generative AI in MLA Style?
Citing Legal Materials Using MLA Style. - APA Style Blog--7th editionHandy help with good explanations of and solutions for knotty APA citation situations.
From the Style Blog:
How to Cite ChatGPT.
Also available, APA Style Blog for the 6th edition [archived]. - APA Style Blog: Reference Examples"More than 100 reference examples and their corresponding in-text citations are presented in the seventh edition Publication Manual. Examples of the most common works that writers cite are provided on this page...."
- The Chicago Manual of Style Online18th ed., 2024.
[CUL subscription access]
Chapter 14: Source Citations: Examples.
Directions for in-text citations are in Chapter 13.
Or, check out the Chicago-Style Citation Quick Guide
Access to the previous (17th) edition is also available online as part of our online subscription. - Turabian's A Manual for Writers Quick Citation GuideA brief online guide to using the Notes and Bibliography Style or the Author-Date Style in Turabian. The full publication is only available in print format (see the Guides in Print tab in this guide).
- Citing AI/ChatGPT contentFrom the Chicago Manual of Style Q & A
- AP [Associated Press] Stylebook Online[CUL subscription access]
- How to Cite U.S. Government Documents in APA Citation StyleLibGuide created by Lynn Thitchener.
- Citing Records in the National Archives of the United States.Online version (in Hathi Trust).
- Columbia Guide to Online Style.Catalog record for the ProQuest Ebook Central version of the 2nd edition (2006).
- Oxford Standard for the Citation Of Legal Authorities (OSCOLA)When assisting with legal citation in the UK, use the PDF of the Full OSCOLA guide (4th ed.) linked from this UWE Bristol page.
- Referencing Indigenous Elders and Knowledge KeepersExamples in APA and MLA styles from the University of Calgary.
- UWE [University of Western England] Bristol Harvard styleUse when assisting UWE users on coop chat.
- University of WolverhamptonWhen 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.
- Special Formats: Images(MLA, Chicago, and APA examples from Colgate University Visual Resources Library)
Citation guides for the physical sciences available online:
- Scientific Style and Format: The CSE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers.9th ed. [CUL subscription access]
- IEEE Citation Reference.Link opens as an MS Word document. Specific citation examples.
- IEEE Style LibGuide.(Murdoch University Library)