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PHI 501
A guide to core research resources and approaches for philosophy grad students
Citation formatting and management tools
Option 1: Learn the style the best you can and use guides to double check
- Chicago Manual of Style Online This link opens in a new windowThis is the only major style that let's the library buy the guide as an ebook. Covers both notes-bibliography and author-date systems.
- Turabian quick guideUsing Turabian-- here is a quick guide for that.
- APA (Purdue OWL)Need APA? Every single librarian I know uses the Purdue OWL site.
Option 2: Use citation generators
You still need to double check citations made through these methods.
- Category 1--- free options like Citation Machine and Easy Bib can be found on our main library citation help page.
- Category 2-- most library databases will also generate citations in a variety of styles. Here is what it looks like in Library Search and all the databases we get from EBSCO.
Option 3: Use a citation management tool
There are a number of different citation management tools out there, including Zotero, Mendelay, EndNote, and RefWorks. Some are free, others cost money. This page from Penn State Libraries does a great head-to-head comparison.
WCU Libraries have access to Endnote Web. We have a guide to using it.