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Magazine & Journal Resources: Citation Help

A guide to finding magazine & journal articles.

Style Guidelines

APA Style Essentials - Vanguard University
A great resource, if you are looking for a easy to use, effective and concise APA Style Guide. There are many examples, and coverage of all parts of the proper way to format your paper in APA style. This is a very thorough resource, which will assist you with your APA citing needs.

APA Style Tips
From the official homepage of the APA style guide comes these "extended discussions of...complex issues" in regards to APA style and "nuts-and-bolts advice on how to reference electronic media" using APA style.

MLA Format Guide

MLA style specifies guidelines for formatting manuscripts and using the English language in writing. MLA style also provides writers with a system for referencing their sources through parenthetical citation in their essays and Works Cited pages.

Citing Resources

BibMe
"Could you use an easy to use website, that makes creating a References, or Works Cited page easy? This is a very good resource, that allows you to enter the citation information, and choose your preferred citation style, such as MLA, APA, Turabian, and have your sources put into the proper form."

Son of Citation Machine
"Does the thought of putting your resources into proper citation form scare you, then you should check out this site. This site has you enter the title, author, etc., and it will put them into proper APA, MLA, or Turabian format. "

Workscited4u
"Are you looking a very easy and simple website to assist you with your citations? This is a free tool that is very user-friendly, and easy to use. There are over twenty sources from which to choose from, such as "Book, CD-Rom, Film, Journal Article, Magazine Article, Internet Source (web site), and Online Newspaper". With over twenty source types to choose from, simply fill in the information, and the site will create your Works Cited page in MLA format."

Subject Guide