Guides: Library: Cite Sources

Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
Purdue OWL provides further, detailed citation assistance in the APA, MLA, Chicago, and other styles.
Annotated Bibliography Samples (Purdue OWL)
Includes sample annotations and brief instructions for annotated bibliographies in the MLA, APA, and Chicago styles.

Turnitin is a tool to prevent plagiarism. Your instructor will give you details about submitting your paper to his/her course assignment on Turnitin. It will then identify 'unoriginal content' by highlighting similarities in its bank of internet, academic and student paper content. If the Similarity Report has been made available by your instructor, you will see similar or matching text:

For more information, see the Student Quick Start Guide on the Turnitin website.

Citation Tools
Citation tools (e.g., RefWorks, Zotero, Mendeley) allow you to save time by organizing references from databases, creating instantly formatted bibliographies, inserting citations as you type your paper, etc. This link will help you to get started with Zotero and Mendeley.

Source: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/using_research/documents/20200617ShouldICiteChart.jpg

For help with citing your sources, contact a librarian. Students and faculty are welcome to drop in with questions or set up in-depth research appointments with a librarian.

The Research Assistance Desk is staffed by professional librarians during business (day-time) hours Monday to Friday.

Our librarians will gladly assist you, either at the Research Assistance desk or by phone or email.