There are a number of citation styles you may need to use to properly reference your sources, although at Kettering we primarily use APA or MLA. Correctly citing your source gives authors the credit they are due and improperly citing your sources is one of the easiest ways to lose points on your class projects or get an article rejected for publication.
There are a number of web tools available to help you produce citations, although automated services are not always 100% accurate.
EasyBib
Son of Citation Machine
KnightCite from Calvin College
Online Writing Lab at Purdue
The library has a number of style guides both in Reference AND for you to check out:
Publication manual of the American Psychological Association.
Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, c2010.
Call number: PN 147 .A5 (available at the Reference Desk, Reference Section, and for checkout)
APA style guide to electronic references.
Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, c2007.
Call number: PN 171 .A63 2007 (available at the Reference Desk)
MLA handbook for writers of research papers / Joseph Gibaldi.
New York: Modern Language Association of America, 2009.
Call number: LB 2369 .G53 (available at the Reference Desk, Reference Section, and for checkout)
Cite right: a quick guide to citation styles--MLA, APA, Chicago, the sciences, professions, and more / Charles Lipson.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, c2006.
Call number: PN 171 .F56 L55 2006 (available at the Reference Desk and in the Reference Section)
Watch for citation help when you are in our databases!
When you find articles or books in some of our databases, including InfoTrac, OCLC FirstSearch, and ProQuest ABI/INFORM Global, you are given citations for the items in various formats.
