As writers, we often draw on existing research and writing to support our arguments and frame our research. Citation styles help students, faculty, and scholars attribute and discuss existing research in a specific discipline. The resources below will introduce you to ethical source use and citation styles, including APA and MLA (two of the more common citation styles).   

Materials designed by G. Travis Adams, Christopher Basgier, Amy Cicchino, Carly Cummings, Megan Haskins, Lexi Jacobs, Heather Stuart, and James Truman

This brief handout gives strategies and resources for two common citation styles, MLA and APA 

• Strategies and Resources for Common Citation Styles Word Document 

• Strategies and Resources for Common Citation Styles PDF 

This resource provides detailed information on how to cite and write in APA style. Writers will learn how to organize their work and develop in-text and formal reference lists according to APA.

• All About APA Handout Word Document

• All About APA Handout PDF

This worksheet introduces you to the Chicago Style standard of writing and helps you practice paraphrasing and summarizing in Chicago

• Paraphrasing and Using Sources in Chicago Worksheet Word Document

• Paraphrasing and Using Sources in Chicago Worksheet PDF

This handout offers a brief guide to American Political Science Association (APSA) style, which focuses on citing government documents. It is used by writers in political science and law.

• APSA Citation: A Brief Guide Word Document

• APSA Citation: A Brief Guide PDF

This handout explains how graduate student writing uses sources 

• Writing with Sources Graduate Students Handout Word Document 

• Writing with Sources Graduate Students Handout PDF 

This handout introduces you to research, summary, paraphrase, quotation, attribution, citation, and citation systems 

• Overview of Citation Styles Handout Word Document 

• Overview of Citation Styles Handout PDF 

This worksheet gets writers considering how to paraphrase and summarize a source 

• Using Sources Ethically Worksheet Word Document 

• Using Sources Ethically Worksheet PDF 

This worksheet will help you write an annotation for a source for an annotated bibliography 

• Practice Writing an Annotation Worksheet Word Document 

• Practice Writing an Annotation Worksheet PDF 

This handout introduces the idea of plagiarism and its various types. Further, it recommends strategies to faculty on how plagiarism can be avoided by using techniques such as timely peer review, feedback, and effective paraphrasing 

• Deterring Plagiarism Handout Word Document 

• Deterring Plagiarism Handout PDF 

This activity asks you to consider whether or not something is plagiarized 

• What Counts as Plagiarism? Word Document 

• What Counts as Plagiarism? PDF