Did you know that the MLA and APA citation styles got recent makeovers? Big changes were introduced that will change how you format citations. The official updated MLA (7th ed.) and APA (6th ed.) handbooks are the main sources for finding answers to your citation questions. If you don’t have those resources sitting in front [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘citing’
April 21, 2009
citation help
It’s that time of the year – papers, papers, papers, which means bibliographies, bibliographies, bibliographies! More and more databases are providing citation help (ask a librarian to see whether the database you’re using does this). You can also check the updated list of “Sites to See” on the right. It now features links that provide [...]
March 12, 2008
upcoming workshops
Coming soon to a library near you . . .
In March and April, the librarians will be holding workshops on special topics. In March, the focus will be on getting the most out of your Google experience, and April is all about citation styles. We ask that you sign up in advance for the workshops [...]
February 27, 2008
citation generators
As you’re finishing up those papers in time to jet on out of here for your big Spring Break trip, here are some free online citation generators that may help you out with those last-minute bibliography details. (Mind you, many of our databases already have these features in them.)
A word of caution: not everything fits [...]
September 26, 2007
references in MS 2007
Maybe you’re missing the old version of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc., or maybe MS 2007 has some new features that you really like. There are strong feelings on both sides, but here’s a feature that you may not know about that I think will unite us all, especially now that papers and mid [...]
