Information Skills - Cite Your Sources

The MLA Style Center is a companion to the MLA Handbook and is the only authorized Web site on MLA style. It offers a quick guide to citing any source according to the MLA template of core elements, a practice template, a Q&A feature with hundreds of citation examples, a blog of writing tips, guidelines for formatting a paper and avoiding plagiarism, and sample papers.

FAQ's for MLA citations. All entries are written by MLA employees.

Shows users how to structure and format their work, recommends ways to reduce bias in language, identifies how to avoid charges of plagiarism, shows how to cite references in text, and provides selected reference examples.

Employees of the American Psychological Association write and maintain all entries. After the APA Manual, this is the most authoritative source for APA style.

Employees of the American Psychological Association write and maintain all entries. After the APA Manual, this is the most authoritative source for APA style.

Useful for small reference lists or single sources, Citation Machine computer-generates references from information provided in field boxes. Be sure to check the quality of the reference using an APA or MLA manual!

For quick assistance or small reference lists, EasyBib provides auto-generated references. Be sure to check the quality of the reference using an APA or MLA manual!

Used by college writing centers across the country, OWL provides detailed citation assistance for many different citation standards.