Writing & Citation
Subject Guide LRC@TCC
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Scope: Find examples and explanations on how to write papers, using APA, MLA or Chicago formatting standards. Find articles and websites that show you how to better evaluate sources, and select
topics.
Browse TCC Library Shelves in these Areas:
Research papers: LB2369 or ZA3065 APA Formatting:
BF76.7
Essays: PE1417-1471 Chicago Style Guide: LB2369.T8
MLA Formatting:
LB2369.G53
Example Search Topics: Research papers, reports, report writing,
essays, MLA, APA, Chicago style, style guides, citation.
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 Writing
Center of TCC Offers self
help handouts and free assistance on a voluntary basis to students
who are given lab reports, research papers, essays, and other writing
assignments in any subject.
Citation Formatting Websites: These websites help simplify the task of compiling an accurate bibliography in the
appropriate style. They format the given data on a source into
a reliable citation. Please always double-check and compare your formatted citation with appropropriate style guide or handbook.
KnightCite is an online citation generator service in MLA and some APA citations provided by
the Hekman Library of Calvin College.
EasyBib.com creates
MLA and APA citation and works cited page. Other formats available
for a small fee. (printing may not work on public access computers)
Citation
Machine assembles gathered information
in APA style bibliographic and parenthetical citations (5th Edition
APA
Publication
Manual),
and MLA (6th Edition MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers).
NoodleTools
Quick Cite Plug in the information about your source and
NoodleTools will automatically create an MLA format citation for
you.
Docs Cite: The online citation generator that specifically formats government documents in MLA or APA style.
Help citing and formatting in citation styles:
Examples in (all three) MLA, APA and Chicago/Turabian Styles:
Research
and Documentation Online by Diana Hacker is recommended by
TCC's Writing Center and includes the MLA, APA, CBE, and Chicago
styles.
OWL-Purdue University Online
Writing Lab.
Citing
Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism from Duke University includes
APA, Turabian, MLA, Chicago for print and online resources and
sections on citing sources within your paper and assembling a
list of works cited.
Citation
Style for Research Papers From Long Island University, APA, MLA, Chicago/Turabian and
AMA examples.
Citation Style for Citing Internet Sources: Shows you how to format Internet sources in MLA, APA and Chicago standards.
Dartmouth
Writing Program contains a number of helpful materials,
such as some well-written essays that answer the question "What
is an academic paper?" and also provide information on researching
topics for papers. The site also includes information on such
topics as writing about film, music, sociology courses, and examples
of citing sources in APA,
MLA and Science.
APA Examples:
APA
Electronic Reference Formats American Psychological Association.
Examples: From Ithaca College library.
Even More Examples: From the University of Maryland.
MLA Examples:
MLA Style from
the Modern Language Association.
Examples (MLA) Citations
of popular TCC resources.
More Examples: From the University of Maryland.
Even more examples: From Ohio State University.
Chicago or Turabian Style Examples:
Chicago Style Manual:
Citing in Chicago Style From the University of Wisconsin.
Other Styles:
Geological
Society of America style guidelines
Legal
Citation, Introduction to Basics based on the "Blue
Book" 17th. edition recommended by MLA.
Nuts
and Bolts of College Writing is a writing-across-the-curriculum
primer. The writing-across-the-curriculum perspective challenges
students to write in many different fields, not just English
courses.
Sources:
Online Instructional Videos:
Library
Research at TCC Basic concepts of information literacy and
how to start your research.
Avoiding
Plagiarism at TCC provides general guidelines for using sources
in essays.
Plagiarism.org
Doing
Research in Tidewater Consortium Libraries
Evaluating
Web Pages from UC Berkeley.
Distinguishing
Scholarly Journals from Other Periodicals
Student's
Guide to Research with the WWW A tutorial for first year
composition and rhetoric students, includes evaluating web information.
Choosing a Topic:
What
do I write about? TCC sources of inspiration including Need
a Topic?
Idea
Generator from Old Dominion University library.
Issues
and Causes a collection of many topics suitable for college
papers, a YAHOO site.
Library
of Congress Classification Many topics to choose from with
call number areas for browsing.
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