The Tuskegee University Library provides students access to official style guides for various disciplines. When citing sources, referring to the official manual or style guide is the best practice. Often, generated citations or other tools can contain errors or inaccuracies. Therefore, if students choose to use different citation tools, it is highly encouraged that they verify the citation format according to the official style guide.
Below, you will find some examples of popular citation resources. These quick tools can be helpful during the research process to ensure that you keep track of and cite all sources.
CAUTION: During your final research review, refer to the official style guide to ensure accuracy.
Purdue University for MLA and APA Style
This free online tool will help researchers cite their sources automatically in MLA or APA style.
Grammarly for MLA, APA, and Chicago Style
Get well-formatted APA, MLA, and Chicago-style citations with a citation generator built by writing experts and powered by AI.
Quality academic writing is built upon the work of others, to which we add our unique analysis and contributions. Citations serve three significant roles in scholarly work:
In each case, you must acknowledge how others' ideas contributed to your own. Failing to distinguish our original ideas from our forebears is plagiarism.
Source: UNC University Libraries. (2024, August 1). Citing Information: Why We Cite. https://guides.lib.unc.edu/citing-information/why-we-cite
A key feature of accessing articles through online databases is the platform's citation generator. If you engage with the database and click the quotation mark in the EBSCO example above, it will offer options for generated citations in your required citation style.
As a precaution, ensure that you compare and verify the generated citation with the official style guide.