This site offers a general overview of several citation styles for research papers, including AMA, MLA and APA. Includes examples and subjects which most commonly use each style.
Resource provides a good summary of APA (American Psychological Association) style, including several examples and guidelines for incorporating direct quotations into the text of a paper.
This resource contains the basic citation information for articles from journals, articles from books, articles from databases, books, newspapers, government publications, and web sites. Students can click on one of theses publications and sample citations will appear in MLA (Modern Language Association), APA (American Pstchological Association), Chicgo Manual of Style, and Turabian format.
The INFOhio Citation Guide includes a variety of websites, tutorials, documents, and videos for grades 6-12 to support students as they cite sources and provide attribution for resources and images used during the research process.
This general page provides links to MLA Style, Elements of Style and Online Citation Styles. Also has reference desk and links to libraries.
This screencast tutorial introduces how to format film and television program sources in an MLA bibliography and provides a variety of examples. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "MLA Bibliography: Film or Television Sources." [5:53]
A screencast lesson discussing how to write in-text citations using the MLA format. [5:28]
A great resource for putting together all of a student's possible sources onto note cards for later using in citing.
A great resource for middle-school, high-school, and college writers, with worksheets, articles, model papers, and presentations that will help you with research, grammar, style, job-search and professional writing, and more. Includes resources for teachers and for ESL.
Welcome to Research 4 Success! The content within this course has been selected to supplement the instruction of research and information literacy skills for students in grades 9-12. Educators can use the content from the lessons and units in conjunction with a research project.Content within this course was selected to support the development of research skills. In this course, students will learn how to develop a research topic and generate questions to guide research. Students will learn how to find, evaluate, and organize information. Students will learn how to use information ethically by publishing and presenting their research.
You have found your sources. You have taken good notes and organized your information. You have an idea you want to share. The next step is polishing it up for others to see. You will need to choose the best way to share your new knowledge with your audience. Remember to give credit to the original author of any work - music, video, writing, or even a game.Each lesson includes activities and resources selected to help students learn, practice, and apply research skills. Students learn how to develop a thesis statement and use citations, practice developing a topic with reason and evidence, and apply strategies and tools to produce, publish, and share research.
Students learn how to develop a thesis statement and use citations.
Students will practice developing a topic with reason and evidence.
This is one of the more thorough reference tools on documentation styles. It covers the major style guides, including APSA, APA, Chicago/Turabian, CBE, and MLA. Numbered references are also explained. One section of links is devoted to referencing electronic sources. At the bottom of the page is general information about documentation. This material is presenting in layered series of links, allowing users to zero in on their area of interest quickly (although this site is worth browsing at a leisurely pace).
This site provides information on the APA (American Psychological Association) documentation style. The information can be downloaded in PDF format. It refers to several handouts dealing with parenthetical references, reference lists, headings, usage and style, formatting of a paper, and how to cite electronic sources. Several sample entries and pieces of writing are used to illustrate the points being discussed. A link to the APA homepage is also provided.
This site outlines the basics of the MLA (Modern Language Association) style of documentation and includes links to handouts about in-text citations, the works cited page, and how to cite electronic sources. Several sample citations and examples are provided throughout to help illustrate the information being presented. The information can be downloaded in PDF format. A link to the MLA website is also provided.
This lesson goes over how to summarize a source for an annotated bibliography. This tutorial lesson shares a short screencast with the lesson's content. [2:59]
This website gives examples to students on how to cite sources for articles, books, other print sources, and non-print sources. Very informative and easy to understand.