Library Guides: Starting Your Research: Cite Your Sources

Citing Sources

APA
The Purdue Online Writing Lab resources will help you learn how to use the American Psychological Association (APA) citation and format style. This section contains resources on in-text citation and the References page, as well as APA sample papers, slide presentations, and the APA classroom poster.

Chicago Manual of Style (17th ed.) This link opens in a new window
The Chicago Manual of Style Online is completely searchable and provides convenient tools, such as sample forms, letters, and style sheets. Licensed for 25 simultaneous users.

MLA
MLA (Modern Language Association) style is most commonly used to write papers and cite sources within the liberal arts and humanities. This resource, updated to reflect the MLA Handbook (8th ed.), offers examples for the general format of MLA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the Works Cited page.

Citation managers help you keep track of your sources and generate in-text citations and works cited pages.

RefWorks: The subscription is paid for by Notre Dame. We recommend that new users first Create an Account and associate it with their Notre Dame email, in order to take advantage of the full support offered to Notre Dame faculty, staff, students, and alumni.
Zotero: A free tool that works as an extension to Chrome and Firefox. It supports Mac, Windows, and Linux.
Mendeley: A free tool often used in the sciences, it supports Word, LibreOffice, and LaTeX.

View the Citing and Managing Sources guide to learn more about these three options, or ask a librarian for more information.