Citation Guides & Style Manuals 

Some Tips for When to Cite:

• Remember to cite your source, when either quoting directly or paraphrasing. In other words, cite your source whenever you present an idea that isn't your own.
• Websites must be cited in your notes/bibliography, too; if you cut and paste - or paraphrase - from a website, cite the webpage.
• When in doubt, cite your source.
   
• Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL):  When do we give credit?
   
• Connect to online versions of Turabian, APA, MLA Style Guide, etc. from this page:  Citation Guides & Style Manuals  
   
• Or use the Citation Builder (NCSU Libraries), which offers quick citation help for Chicago, MLA, APA, and CBE styles.

The Jacobson Center for Writing, Teaching and Learning offers individual help with writing and also this useful guide:
Writing Papers: A Handbook for Students at Smith College
Read "Using Sources Effectively" starting on page 50+; and
"Acknowledging and Documenting Your Sources" on page 57+.

Zotero is another web-based option for managing your citations and for creating bibliographies.

• Get started with Zotero

RefWorks is web-based software that helps researchers gather, manage, store, and generate citations and bibliographies.

• Sign up for a personal account.
• Get started with RefWorks (including Tutorials)
• Login to your RefWorks account.