Public Policy Writing & Citing: Writing & Citing Tools

Citing Sources
Duke Libraries guide with examples for each major style manual, plus tips for avoiding plagiarism

Style Manual for Political Science
From APSA; Perkins Reference Desk

Complete Guide to Citing Government Information Resources: A Manual for Social Science and Business Research 
by Debora Cheney for LexisNexis; Perkins Reference Desk

Citation Managers:

RefWorks

EndNote

Comparison: RefWorks, EndNote, zotero

This page links to tools:

• Citing Sources
• Citation Managers for bibliographies
• Writing manuals and tip sheets, except for policy memos

Use the next tab, Memo & Media Writing Tips for:

• Guides to writing policy memos
• Tips for writing to the media, e.g. op-eds and letters to the editor

Annotated Bibliographies

from Duke's Writing Center

Craft of Political Research  
Phillips Shively; Perkins stacks 

Doing Research in Political Science 

by Paul Pennings, Hans Keman and Jan Kleinnijenhuis; Perkins stacks

Writing for the Government

Allyn & Bacon Series in Technical Communication; Perkins stacks

Political Science
From Duke's Writing Studio; useful for political analysis papers