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Useful Websites

Citation and Style Manuals

  • APA Academic Writer — UTD users only. By the American Psychological Association, Academic Writer guides users who have questions about how to conduct research, structure their papers, and format what they write.
  • APA Style — official website of the American Psychological Association. Contains style guidelines for the latest edition of APA citing and writing rules
  • APA Style Guide to Electronic References — UTD users only. This comprehensive yet succinct style guide offers up-to-date information on formatting electronic references in APA Style
  • Chicago Manual of Style (UTD users only)
  • Citation Machine — fill-in-the-blank forms automatically generate citations in MLA, Chicago, Turabian or APA format
  • Citation Resources — McDermott Library’s guide to citing in various formats and suggested citation management tools
  • Copyright and Fair Usesee Copyright, Fair Use & Patents
  • Crossref.org — find complete book and article citations by keywords, title, author, ISSN, ISBN, or DOI. Contains tools for generating citations in a variety of formats (APA, MLA, Chicago/Turabian, IEEE and more)
  • DOI.org — the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) system provides a technical and social infrastructure for the registration and use of persistent interoperable identifiers, called DOIs, for use on digital networks
  • EasyBib — free automatic bibliography and citation generator for MLA or APA format. The site includes style guides and a plagiarism checker as well.
  • Guide to Grammar and Writing — improve grammar, syntax, punctuation, sentence & paragraph structure and more with instructional quizzes & tutorials
  • IEEE Author Center — includes Author Tools for publishing and managing references in IEEE format
  • KnightCite Citation Service — fill-in-the-blank citation generator for APA, MLA & Chicago formats
  • Mendeley — free browser plug-in and desktop tool to help you collect, manage, and cite research resources
  • MLA Handbook Plus — UTD users only. MLA Handbook Plus includes the full text of the 9th edition of the handbook, the 2nd editions of both the MLA Guide to Digital Literacy and the MLA Guide to Undergraduate Research in Literature, as well as video courses to help users improve their writing and citing skills.
  • National Library of Medicine Recommended Formats for Bibliographic Citation — downloadable ebook
  • Online Writing Lab (OWL) of Purdue — covering academic writing, grammar and mechanics, research and citations (MLA, APA, Chicago, etc.) and more in very clear and simple language
  • PrintWhatYouLike — reformat any Web page to make it printer-friendly and save paper
  • Turabian Quick Citation Guide — Chicago Style for Students and Researchers
  • Writing Guidelines for Engineering and Science
  • Writing Center – Student Success Center — UTD's on-campus writing and communication lab, offering workshops, writing resources, and in-person writing assistance and tutoring for undergraduates and graduate students. Appointments made online
  • Writing Lab (Business Communication Center) – Naveen Jindal School of Management — writing and speaking skills lab located in and maintained by the UTD Naveen Jindal School of Management. Appointments made online
  • Zotero – Citation Tool — free, easy-to-use browser plug-in and desktop tool to help you collect, manage, and cite research resources