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Citation and Plagiarism: Citation Help Tools

The Learning Commons

The Learning Commons (TLC) is here to help you succeed in your courses, from your first day at Cumberlands through completing your degree. TLC offers a variety of academic resources both virtually and in-person that are informal and with qualified Academic Fellows. Includes help with citations and grammar. Visit their website or contact them at tlc@ucumberlands.edu

APA Online Resources

Academic Writer
is produced by APA and provides instruction, resources, and templates for using APA Style. The Learning Center provides video tutorials and links to sections from the APA Publication Manual. The Reference Center provides templates for formatting APA citations and a place to store those citations. The Writing Center provides nine templates for formatting papers using APA Style, plus the availability to collaborate with professors.

APA Style Guide to Electronic References
Use your ucumberlands email address and password to download a copy.
Purdue Owl (APA)
A closer look at the APA citation format from the Purdue Online Writing Lab.

Academic Writer Tutorials

Chicago/Turabian Links

Chicago Manual of Style Online
Turabian Quick Guide
A quick guide on proper Turabian style citation offered by the Chicago University Press.
Purdue OWL - Chicago
A closer look at the Chicago citation format from the Purdue Online Writing Lab.

MLA Online Resources

MLA Style Center
Purdue Owl (MLA)
A closer look at the MLA citation format from the Purdue Online Writing Lab.

Scientific Style and Format (CSE)

Scientific Style and Format Online
Quick guide from the CSE website; shows how to format citations for variety of source types: journals, books, dissertations and theses, patents, newspapers, DVDs, websites and other online formats, forthcoming or unpublished material.

Using Journal Abbreviations

CSE requires that journal titles be abbreviated. To find journal title abbreviations, try: