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Frequently Used
The Purdue OWL is a Writing Center favorite with user friendly guides for every citation style and tips on grammar and writing mechanics.
Common Citation Styles
- Modern Languages Association (MLA) Style: Important: MLA Style has recently been updated. The newer edition is the 8th edition. Please pay close attention to the edition of MLA required by your professor.
- MLA Style Center (8th edition)
- Purdue OWL (8th edition)
- American Psychological Association (APA) Style:
- Chicago Style:
- Turabian Style: (a version of Chicago style for student writers)
Other Citation Styles
- American Medical Association (AMA) Style:
- Bluebook Legal Citation:
- Council of Science Editors (CSE) Style:
Composition and Writing in the Disciplines
- General College Writing Guidelines:
- EVOKE-Tips Elevating Your Academic Writing
- Issues of Style
- Writing an Essay Introduction
- Writing an Essay Conclusion
- Model Student Papers (several majors from W.W. Norton)
- Grammar, Spelling, and Punctuation Help.
- Technical Writing: (including scientific, finance, and legal writing resources)
Integrating Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism
- Research and Citation:
- Purdue OWL-Avoiding Plagiarism
- Purdue OWL-Quoting, Paraphrasing, Summarizing
- The Research Roadmap (RSU Libraries)
- Research Paper Tips (RSU Libraries)
- See All Tutorials from RSU Libraries
Technical Tools
- Turnitin: is required by some professors to check for plagiarism.
- Capstone Guides:
- BALA Capstone information is forthcoming