LibGuides: ENG 500: Citations and citation management

Citation formatting and management tools

Option 1: Learn the style the best you can and use guides to double check

MLA (Purdue OWL)
Need to use MLA style? Every librarian I know uses the Purdue OWL for help.

Chicago Manual of Style Online This link opens in a new window
We have access to the actual Chicago Manual of style as an e-book. Chicago is most commonly used in history.

APA (Purdue OWL)
Purdue OWL is also great for APA style, which is commonly used in education and the social sciences.

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.