Scientific styles and format for authors, editors and publishers:
Other commonly used styles:
Check out these sites for tips on citing sources:
Contains sample papers in MLA, APA, Chicago and CSE formats.
How to cite various types of images according to MLA and APA
Example MLA Article Citation (Click to Enlarge)
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Incorporating others' work into your own can be difficult, especially when you are not sure what the conventions are for locating and citing appropriate academic sources. These links can help:
BibTeX was created for use with LaTeX software, but now compatabile with other software. Widely used in math, science and engineering. More help can be found in the Rough Guide to BibTex and the UH Math Dept BibTeX guide.
A personal citation library designed to directly import references from multiple databases. In EndNote you can organize and manage your citations, share them with colleagues, and format bibliographies. Each record is linked to the original source, allowing for quick retrieval.
Citation tools allow researchers to save and organize their references.
A personal citation library designed to directly import references from multiple databases. In Refworks you can organize and manage your citations, share them with colleagues, and format bibliographies.
An extension of the Firefox web-browser designed to store content in any format, including PDFs, images, audio and video files, and snapshots of web pages. Zotero operates with thousands of sites, and automatically indexes your library for ease of access.
A personal citation library designed to directly import references from multiple databases and store PDFs. In addition to these capabilities, researchers can add annotation and tags to each record.
