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Citation Style Guides
This page contains links to all the major citation styles. Includes In-Text Citation Guides and other online citation resources.

University of Washington Libraries - PDF Format

MLA Style Guide

APA Style Guide

Chicago (Turabian) Style Guide

KnightCite
Use this citation generator from Calvin College Library to create citations for a wide range of formats (including art, videos, interviews) in Chicago, MLA and APA styles. Note: this resource does not store your citations.

Noodlebib
Generate, edit, and publish an entire MLA Works Cited list or APA References list that complies with the rules of the current MLA Handbook and APA Publication Manual. Note: this does not created bibliographies for Chicago (Turabian) style.

Research Passport Seattle Community Colleges Research Passport is an interactive tutorial that provides students, faculty, and staff with instruction in the use of library and information resources. This tutorial will be accessible to all users, including those with limited computer skills or low bandwidth access to the Internet.

NSCC Library Research Tutorial
An introduction to the research process, with emphasis on resources and services at North Seattle Community College.

General Research | Internet Searching
Evaluating Information | Other Tutorials

General Research Tutorials

Research 101
University of Washington
Research 101 is an interactive online tutorial for students wanting an introduction to research skills. The tutorial covers the basics, including how to select a topic and develop research questions, as well as how to select, search for, find, and evaluate information sources.

CORE: Comprehensive Online Research Education
Purdue University
An interactive tutorial to guide you in developing an effective information strategy.

TILT - Texas Information Literacy Tutorial
University of Texas
An interactive tutorial on research skills (information literacy.) Requires free registration.

Information Literacy & You
Pennsylvania State University Libraries
An excellent tutorial about the research process.

The Info Game
An interactive game that teaches the research process, from Austin Community College

The Information Cycle
Pennsylvania State University Libraries
An excellent animated tutorial about the life cycle of information.

Information Competence Tutorials
California State Universities
A variety of research tutorials.

OASIS
San Francisco State University
A tutorial with quizzes.

Searchpath
Western Michigan University
A six-part research tutorial with quizzes.

Internet Searching Tutorials

Bare Bones 101: A Basic Tutorial on Searching the Web
University of South Carolina Library
Excellent tutorials on searching the Internet.

Finding Information on the Internet: A Tutorial
University of California at Berkeley

Evaluating Information

The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly
or Why It's a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources
New Mexico State University

Other Tutorials

Distinguishing Scholarly Journals from Other Periodicals
Cornell University Library

Basic Timeline for Information
Washington State University Libraries

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