IMPORTANT NOTES:
- Citation generators are error-prone, so be sure to proofread! Double-check spelling, capitalization, and punctuation to be sure the official style (MLA, APA, etc.) required for your assignment is followed.
- Style manuals can be confusing (i.e. what does it mean to be "paginated by volume"?). For assistance, consult your instructor, the Writing Center, or a reference librarian.
Citation Management Tools
- EndNote Web - save your sources (web pages, scholarly articles, books), choose a citation style, select sources from your account, and create a works cited or references page in APA, MLA, Chicago or another citation style.
- To create an account:
- Access (one of Thomas Library's subscription databases).
- Click on Tools and then on EndNote at the top right corner of the database to register for a free account.
- Access to log-in to an existing account anytime.
- To create an account:
- - a free, powerful extension for your that enables you to save and organize your sources. You can select a subset of your sources and format them as a works cited or references list.
Free Citation Creators Online
- - generate citations one-at-a-time in APA, MLA, or Chicago style to copy and paste into your works cited or references list.
- Although many other citation creators exist, Wittenberg's own Writing Center recommends KnightCite, which is maintained by the Hekman Library at Calvin College.
Guides for Documenting Sources
- Wittenberg Writing Center's Guide to Citation Styles The Reference Desk isn't the only place you can go for help citing your sources -- the Writing Center offers citation assistance in Thomas Library, lower level.
- From Duke University, this searchable site gives examples from the Chicago Manual of style, the MLA Handbook, Turabian, and the American Psychological Association (APA) Manual.
- for Political Science majors.