bibme ~ a Free ONLINE BIBLIOGRAPHY GENERATOR: "BibMe is your one-stop source for all your bibliography needs!" Developed by Information Systems students at Carnegie Mellon University. Automatically generates correctly formatted entries for you reference list. Entries include various types (including web links). Resulting formats include MLA, APA and Chicago styles. ALSO: "Don’t remember all the information for the source you cited? No problem! BibMe allows you to search from a database of millions of entries to find your source and autofill in the information. Or, if you the source in front of you, you can enter your entries in manually." 05/18/07

Annotated Papers: Very helpful! "Annotations in the margins of these sample papers give advice about formatting and documenting papers in MLA, APA, Chicago, and CSE styles." 10/29/06

APA style guides & software [APA = American Psychology Association]

Getting Started with APA Style: A site from the library at UBC, Vancouver, BC. The opening page has a really useful chart of sample formats for Reference list (which seems for most people to be the most difficult aspect of following 'style' formatting. 06/18/07

Addendum on APA Citation: ONLINE SOURCES: This guide is from SFU librarian Jamie Anderson, August 1, 2006. "The APA Manual should be your main source of information for citing sources, but this addendum was put together to cover several types of electronic sources which are not covered by the APA. Here’s what the guide covers: Webpages, Blogs, Online Journal Articles, Online Encyclopedias and Dictionaries, Email, Online Images, The TECH 100 text Teamwork and Communication." 11/11/06

APA's own site(s): www.apa.org and www.apastyle.org

APA Style Resource Links: My new favorite. Especially because of the author's extensive APA CRIB SHEET, which he links to from this Resource page. Author: Russ Dewey, Georgia U. Psych. Dept.05/25/06

APA: Psychology With Style~ A Hypertext Writing Guide: Good APA tips. M. Plonsky has put together an *excellent* guide based on the 5th edition of the APA Manual, 1/12/2004, Version 5.0. 02/10/04

At the above site they offer a FREE MS Word document/template for APA style. Click my link to get it, or at their site click General Topics on their table of contents to arrive at the link. Use in conjuction with their Guide (above). 02/13/06

APA Style Made Easy: (a site I like to use)

APA Style Guide eBook: FREE downloadable reference manual. "This e-book will show you how to format your essay to conform to the style as set out in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.). It contains examples of referencing of the most common sources, the way to layout your essay, page headings, page spacing, font type and size, paragraph indents, how to enter in-text citation etc. and includes links to more APA information sites on the net." 02/07/06

APA Style Helper: from the APA site. "APA-Style Helper 5.1 provides you with new organizational and help features, enhanced text processing capabilities, and step-by-step assistance in the creation of your document. APA-Style Helper 5.1 also provides you with a consistent work environment - your word processor. The new design eliminates the need to import your document into Microsoft Word, as previous versions required, saving you time and effort." FREE demo version; $34.95 to purchase. 02/07/06

APA Template: " Includes document templates for both APA (5th edition) and MLA (6th edition). Sets up your Word document with the proper title page, preset margins, page numbering codes, and page headers. All you have to do is write your paper. Has built in Style Settings for section level headers and quotes, so formatting text as you write is easy. Includes CiteWrite - a limited version of Citation, to help you format references and bibliographies. Saves your bibliographic information in a datafile, so you won't have to retype it again for editing and revisions." 02/07/06

APA Referencing Macros v2.0 - APA Software: A MS Word macro that sets up your document in APA style, changes any/all formatting to APA style for you. Trial version, then $22.95 to purchase. 11/08/04

APA: Perdue's OWL (Online Writing Lab) Style Workshop: A good source of APA basics. 02/10/04

APA: Capital Community College's A Guide for Writing Research Papers: Clear and easy to navigate. 02/10/04

APA: Electronic Sources

APA Style FAQs

Using American Psychological Association (APA) Format (Updated to 5th Edition): from the Purdue University Online Writing Lab. 11/08/04

FormatEase: Paper and Reference Formatting Software for Microsoft Word. "Helps users quickly and effortlessly format term papers, theses, dissertations, articles, and book chapters in accordance with APA style guidelines." $29.95 to purchase. 02/07/06

Reference Point Templates: Available for APA and MLA styles. Templates are available for use with Word, WordPerfect, AmiPro, Word Pro, MS Works, and StarOffice. "Quickly and easily download and install everything you need for a paper perfectly formatted in APA style or MLA style. Use your existing word processor and document software - nothing new to learn. Create title pages, abstract pages, margins, page numbers, even citations with ease. Type in author, title and journal; hit "enter" and you have a perfectly formatted APA style reference or MLA style works cited entry. Get menu-driven help and friendly customer service at your fingertips. Eliminate hours of frustration and focus on the content of your paper instead of the format." $27.95 to purchase. 02/07/06

StyleEase for APA Style: You can get it in versions for APA, MLA, Chicago Style, and Turabian Style. "StyleEase for APA Style for Microsoft Word formats your papers and references in accordance with the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th Edition). Simply choose from one of four document styles for theses, dissertations, journal articles, or term papers. You focus on the content of your paper, and let StyleEase handle the rest. " $35 to purchase. 11/08/04

Citation Guides & Style Manuals: University of Vermont. 11/08/04

Citation Guides for Electronic Documents: links to many

Citation Styles: citation formats for many circumstances (email, web discussions, listserves, newsgroups, etc.)

Citing Your Sources: This Pearson Publishing site has a set of links that "...will take you to examples of citation formats in the most commonly used styles in documenting college research papers: MLA, APA, CMS, and CBE. 04/29/02

Columbia Guide to On-line Style

Columbia Online Scientific Style

MLA style guides & software [MLA = Modern Language Association]

Getting Started with MLA Style: A site from the library at UBC, Vancouver, BC. The opening page has a really useful chart of sample formats for Reference list (which seems for most people to be the most difficult aspect of following 'style' formatting. 06/18/07

MLA Quick Guide: From the Big Dog Bare Bones Grammar site, an overview and FAQs. 10/29/06

MLA: Perdue's OWL (Online Writing Lab) Style Workshop: A good source of MLA basics. 02/08/06

MLA Template: " Includes document templates for both APA (5th edition) and MLA (6th edition). Sets up your Word document with the proper title page, preset margins, page numbering codes, and page headers. All you have to do is write your paper. Has built in Style Settings for section level headers and quotes, so formatting text as you write is easy. Includes CiteWrite - a limited version of Citation, to help you format references and bibliographies. Saves your bibliographic information in a datafile, so you won't have to retype it again for editing and revisions." 02/07/06

Reference Point Templates: Available for APA and MLA styles. Templates are available for use with Word, WordPerfect, AmiPro, Word Pro, MS Works, and StarOffice. "Quickly and easily download and install everything you need for a paper perfectly formatted in APA style or MLA style. Use your existing word processor and document software - nothing new to learn. Create title pages, abstract pages, margins, page numbers, even citations with ease. Type in author, title and journal; hit "enter" and you have a perfectly formatted APA style reference or MLA style works cited entry. Get menu-driven help and friendly customer service at your fingertips. Eliminate hours of frustration and focus on the content of your paper instead of the format." $27.95 to purchase. 02/07/06

MLA: Capital Community College's A Guide for Writing Research Papers: Clear and easy to navigate. 02/10/04

MLA: How to cite a Weblog entry and MLA: How to cite a Weblog comment

MLA Auto-Generator: "...an incredible piece of free software that allows you to quickly and effortlessly format your documents' works cited lists in complete accordance with the latest MLA or APA style guidelines. MLA Auto-Generator will automatically churn out a perfect bibliography entry, every time." 07/19/03

StyleEase for MLA Style: You can get it in versions for APA, MLA, Chicago Style, and Turabian Style. "StyleEase for MLA Style for Microsoft Word formats your papers and references in strict accordance with the latest version of the Modern Language Association style. Our templates format everything from title page to bibliography, and the StyleEase menu makes the entry and placement of references, in-text citation, and footnotes a snap." $35 to purchase. 11/08/04

Strunk's Elements of Style

The King's English: H.W.Fowler [1858-1933, English lexicographer] - "This reference work has remained a standard resource, serving generations of students and writers with common-sense rules of style and grammar."

Writing Guides: This is a very helpful site. Includes STYLE guides, WRITING guides, and other tools. Includes style guides I hadn't heard of until now -- CBE (for biologists), IEEE (for engineers), and MUCH more...check it out. 11/11/06