Thurgood Marshall Library

Web Sites for Citation Systems and Style Manuals

(http://www.lib.umd.edu/UES/style_manuals.html) gives a general overview of the types of systems that exist and explains why citing is important.

UM's Guide to MLA (http://www.lib.umd.edu/UES/citing_mla.html) updates and expands an existing guide. We anticipate that this will particularly helpful for students in English 101.

UM's Guide to APA (http://www.lib.umd.edu/UES/citing_apa.html) explains and illustrates how to cite commonly used source types in APA style.

UM's Guide to Chicago/Turabian Notes System (http://www.lib.umd.edu/UES/citing_chicnotes.html) and UM's Guide to Chicago/Turabian Author-Date System (http://www.lib.umd.edu/UES/citing_chicad.html) explain and illustrate how to cite commonly used source types in Chicago/Turabian style.

In addition, these guides contain sample papers which illustrate how these citing conventions appear in a research paper and the basic formatting prescribed by these styles.

These can be accessed through the Ready Reference Shelf under 'Style Manuals' (http://www.lib.umd.edu/ETC/Reference.html#style) or through the 'Research and Library Skills' guides page under 'Basic Skills' (http://www.lib.umd.edu/UES/library_guides_research.html).  They are also cross referenced with the new Academic Integrity Initiative's Web site on academic integrity and plagiarism located at http://www.lib.umd.edu/UES/honesty.html.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu

Online Writing Lab (OWL) Online Writing Lab (OWL) Site provides online writing instruction, including grammar guides and practice sheets, instructional materials for English, ESL, and links to other writing centers. It also provides excellent guides to APA, MLA, and Chicago/Turabian formats.