RefWorks

RefWorks is a service offered by the Colgate University Libraries to all Colgate students, faculty and staff.  You can use RefWorks to create your own personal databases by entering your own references and by importing references from online catalog and many of the online databases to which the Colgate Libraries subscribe.  You can use these references in writing papers and automatically format the notes and the bibliography in seconds.  As a Web-based product, RefWorks is available across various platforms including Windows, Mac, Unix, etc.  Your RefWorks databases are stored on the Web and can be accessed by you from anywhere you can access the Web.

Citation & Style Guides

Style Guide for Term Paper Bibliographies (Based on Research and Documentation Online by Diana Hacker and Barbara Fister) Colgate recommends A Writer's Reference by Diane Hacker as a style guide and citation manual.

APA Style
Provides links to purchase APA style manuals, but also see Electronic Resources for help in citing electronic media.

MLA Style
See Frequently Asked Questions for aid in style.

Chicago Manual of Style Online -- Colgate University Only
The complete contents of the Chicago Manual of Style Online (10 simultaneous users)

AAA Style Guide (American Anthropological Association)

Web sites with examples of various styles

ONLINE! A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources by Andrew Harnack and Eugene Kleppinger
"Detailed advice for citing online sources"

SOURCES: Their Use and Acknowledgement from Dartmouth College
A great resource for use in style and citation, provides many examples from various styles, and an excellent overview of plagiarism.

OWL Online Writing Lab from Purdue
Provides great information and tips for writing a research paper, as well as using APA or MLA for citations.

Print

The following style guides are available in the reference area of Case and Cooley Libraries. Ask at the desk, or see the dictionary stand near the Case Library reference desk.

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
REF BF76.7   P83   2010

The Chicago Manual of Style
REF Z253 U69   2003

MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing
REF PN147  G444   2008

A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations (Turabian)
REF LB2369   T8   2007