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Citing Sources in History
Below are some resources to help you with writing and citing. You may also want to try RefWorks, a web-based citation management tool provided by the Library, or Zotero, a free citation manager that allows you to share and collaborate.
What’s included? Web-based citation manager. Import citations from databases to create your own personal collection. Automatically format your papers and bibliographies in any of almost 150 formats (e.g. APA, MLA, Chicago, Turabian, CBE, etc.).
Rampolla's guide includes information on typical assignments in history courses, evaluating sources, taking good notes, citation formats, and avoiding plagiarism.
Provides information on manuscript preparation, punctuation, spelling, quotations, captions, tables, abbreviations, references, bibliographies, notes, and indexes, with sections on journals and electronic media.