Quick facts, encyclopedias, stats, etc.

Citation style guides

Documentation Styles - APA, MLA, Chicago/Turabian, etc. documentation styles from the University of Wisconsin.

Research and Documentation - A guide to finding and documenting sources in the Humanities (MLA), Social Sciences (APA), History (Chicago), and Sciences (CBE).

APA Formatting and Style Guide & MLA 2009 Formatting and Style Guide - Both web sites come from the Purdue Online Writing Lab.  Make sure you scroll to the bottom to find all related links to APA or MLA guidelines.


Automatic citation and bibliography composers

Below are a couple of examples of web sites that generate bibliographic citations and in-text citations for sources you use in your paper!  Give them a try!

Citation Builder (from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

EasyBib

KnighteCite Citation Creation Tool

Son of Citation Machine