John Wood Community College Library

Citation Help

Table of Contents:

I. NoodleTools
II. MLA Style Web Sites
III. APA Style Web Sites

Need help writing citations? John Wood Community College Library offers both online and print resources to help you write quality citations. Ask a library staff member if you need help finding a style manual from our reference collection such as the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th ed., the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 6th ed., or The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed.

NoodleTools	Description
NoodleTools	NoodleTools is a web site available to JWCC students, staff, and faculty that provides tools like NoodleBib to guide you step by step through the process of creating APA, MLA, or Chicago/Turabian style citations. Simply create an account, create a new list in NoodleBib, and answer the questions to the best of your ability. Always consult other resources to insure that you craft the best possible bibliography, and feel free to ask a library staff member for help.
NoodleTools Help: What Type of Document Do You Have?	This resource from Danville Area Community College is a guide to choosing which type of source you need to cite when using NoodleTools.
MLA Style Web Sites	Description
MLA Formatting and Style Guide - The OWL at Purdue:	This helpful web site is one of the best places to find examples and explanations that will help to follow MLA formatting guidelines and to create flawless MLA citations.
University of Illinois Writers Workshop: MLA Citation Styles	This is a resource filled with examples of MLA citations and tips that was created by The Center for Writing Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
MLA Documentation at the University of Wisconsin - Madison Writing Center	This web sites offers a guide to creating MLA parenthetical citations, MLA citation examples, and a guide to formatting the works cited page.
APA Style Web Sites	Description
APA Formatting and Style Guide - The OWL at Purdue	This excellent web site provides suggestions and examples that explain how to properly follow APA formatting guidelines for creating citations.
University of Illinois Writers Workshop: APA Citation Styles	This is a great sources of APA citation examples and tips that was created by The Center for Writing Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
APA Documentation at the University of Wisconsin - Madison Writing Center	This web site offers APA citation examples, formatting guides, guides to creating APA parenthetical citations, and more.
Electronic References at APA Style.org	These web pages are excerpts from the APA Style Guide to Electronic References and the fifth edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.

Last Updated:Monday, January 04, 2010