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How to Find, Evaluate, and Cite Scholarly Articles: Citing Articles

This guide collects tips and resources for finding, evaluating, and reading scholarly articles.

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Citation Styles

Guides for Common Citation Styles 
This resource contains extensive citation guides for APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, and AMA styles.

Citation Styles by Discipline 
This resource offers guidance on discipline-specific citation styles.

Plagiarism Resources

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What is Plagiarism? 
This article covers the basics of plagiarism and how to avoid it.

Plagiarism Checklist 
This checklist provides guidance on avoiding plagiarism.

Citation Generator

BibGuru is a free, user-friendly citation generator. With BibGuru, you can:

  • Search for website, article, and book sources and add them to a bibliography with one click.
  • Add citations for more than 60 other source types.
  • Create bibliographies in APA, MLA, and thousands of other citation styles.
  • Export your citations as a Word file or copy them into Google Docs.
  • Generate instant citations for online sources with the Chrome and Edge extensions.
  • Sign-up to save your citations and organize them into projects and folders.

Reference Manger

Paperpile is a subscription-based reference manager. With Paperpile, you can:

  • Manage your research library right in your browser.
  • Save time with a smart, intuitive interface.
  • Access your PDFs from anywhere.
  • Add citations and bibliographies directly to Google Docs or to MS Word.