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Citation Styles: MLA, APA, Chicago, and more

Use this research guide to access websites, books, and other helpful materials for citing, documenting your sources, and formatting research papers and other scholarly works.

Who uses Chicago Style?

History typically uses Chicago style, as do some Humanities, Social Sciences, and Physical & Natural Sciences disciplines.

Web Resources

Chicago Formatting & Style Guide (17th ed.) | Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL), Purdue's well-respected style guide site offers sound advice, tips, and examples for documenting sources and citing using Chicago style 17th ed.
Chicago Style (16th ed.) | SEMO Center for Writing Excellence Clear examples of citing basic sources. Formatting a paper in Chicago style.

Citation Generator

ZoteroBib Can automatically generate citations from URL, DOI, and other standardized identifiers or help you create citations manually. Can create citations in MLA, APA, Chicago, and many other styles. Can create a full reference page that be copied and pasted into a document.

Chicago Manual of Style

The Chicago Manual of Style Online
Call Number: Ebook
Publication Date: 2017
Includes both the 17th and 16th editions
The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th ed.
Call Number: Reference Z253 .U69 2017 (3rd floor)
Publication Date: 2017
There is also one copy for checkout on the 4th floor in the LC Collection (Z253 .U69 2017) and one copy available for two-hour checkout at the Circulation Desk (2nd floor).

Center for Writing Excellence

For personal assistance with citation and formatting, use the Center for Writing Excellence, located in Kent Library 311!