Citation Builders

• Citation Machine
• Creates citations and bibliographies in APA, MLA, Chicago and Turabian.
• Citavi Free
  Use this tool for up to 100 sources. You may search for, manage, organize and cite sources.
• DocsCite
  Creates MLA or APA style citations for government documents. 
• EasyBib
  Creates MLA style citations. APA and Chicago styles require a premium account. 
• KnightCite
  Creates MLA, APA, or Chicago style citations.
• Mendeley
  Communicate and collaborate with other researchers in addition to organizing and citing your sources. There is also an iPhone app.  
• NoodleTools Express
  Create citations in MLA, APA, and Chicago/Turabian styles to copy and paste into a document. that can be copied and pasted into a document. 
• StyleWizard
  Create MLA or APA style citations for basic source types.
• Zotero
  This open source utility works in Firefox to help you collect, manage and cite sources.

Many research databases, including EBSCOhost and ProQuest, provide you with citations for the sources you view. However, these results are not always accurate. There are often errors in capitalization, names, and spacing. Google Scholar also provides citations, but these lack required information about you accessed the item online.

Use these citations as a starting point, but be sure to compare them to the Online Writing Lab (OWL) citation site, check the print style manuals in the Library, or talk to your professor prior to submitting your work.

The Library has the following print style manuals behind the Reference Desk on the first floor of the Library:

• Chicago Manual of Style (LB2369.C45 2010)
• MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (LB2369 .G53 2009)
• Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (BF76.7 .P83 2010)