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Citing Sources in All Disciplines

Your teacher will tell you which style to use for each course.

The Difference in Documentation Styles by Subject

Online Writing Lab:  Research and Citation

Databases and electronic encyclopedias will create a citation for you in a variety of styles!

Documentation Styles

• Chicago (Footnote) Style
• MLA (Parenthetical/Name-Page) Style
• APA (Parenthetical/Name-Page) Style

Documenting Social Media

• Chicago: Electronic and Social Media Sources
• MLA: Electronic and Social Media Sources
• APA: Electronic and Social Media Sources

Documenting Canadian Government Publications

• Brief guide to Citing Canadian Government Documents and Statistics (Queen's University)
• APA Style — Citing Canadian Government Publications (Simon Fraser University)
• Chicago Style — Citing Canadian Government Publications (Simon Fraser University)
• MLA Style — Citing Canadian Government Publications (Simon Fraser University)
• Citing Statistics Canada Publications

Documenting images

Documenting sources in other languages (that your audience does not speak)

Google Docs Citation Tool

Google Docs now includes a citation tool which lets you add your citations into your document very easily. Go to Tools > Citations. Select the citation style you need (MLA, APA, or Chicago are available) then click + Add citation source. You have to enter your sources, there is no way to import from a citation creator. Once you have added a source, you can create an in-text citation, and eventually create your bibliography.

Other Citation Generators

Purdue OWL 

BibMe

Earl of March Library Documentation and Notetaking Tools

• Research Tracking Sheet
• Research Note Template
• Digital Research Note Template (Chicago)
• Digital Research Note Template (MLA)