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Visit our Citation Guide for in-depth help and examples.

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Try out the learning object, You Quote It, You Note It, from Acadia University.

There are many citation formats available, including MLA, APA, Chicago/Turabian, and AMA.

For NWTC courses, you will most likely be asked to use either:

Modern Language Association Style or

American Psychological Association Style.

Check with your instructor to make sure you are using the required style.

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Learn to automatically make a works cited page using Microsoft Word 2007.

MLA Resources

• MLA Formatting and Style Guide: Purdue University Writing Lab
• MLA Citation Tutorials: WISC-Online Learning Objects

APA Resources

• APA Formatting and Style Guide: Purdue University Writing Lab
• APA Style Help : from the official APA website
• Free Tutorial on the Basics of APA Style : from the official APA website
• Free Tutorial on What's New in the 6th Edition: from the official APA website

Resources Covering Multiple Styles

• MLA, APA, Chicago, and CBE Citation Guides: from Online! A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources
• MLA, APA, Chicago, Turabian, and More: University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center

The following is a list of styles manuals, citation guides, and grammar handbooks available in the NWTC Library.

GENERAL

• The Gregg Reference Manual, 10^th ed. REF. PE 1479 B87 S23 2005
• The Bedford Guide for College Writers PE 1408 K49 2005
• A Pocket Style Manual, 3^rd ed. PE 1408 H26 2000

APA Style

• Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5^th ed. BF 76.7 P83 2001
• Concise Rules of APA Style REF. BF 76.7 .C66 2005
• APA: The Easy Way REF. BF 76.7 .H68 2005

MLA Style

• MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing, 2^nd ed. REF. PN 147 G444 1998
• MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7^th ed. REF. LB 2369 .G53 2009
• A Guide to MLA Documentation REF. PN 147 T75 2006