Librarian
General Guides and Tools
- ZoteroBibCreate a bibliography quickly and accurately using this link: select the citation style and copy the bib into your paper
- Annotated BibliographiesWhat is an annotated bibliography and how to prepare an annotated bibliography. From the Purdue OWL
- Citation BuilderThe Citation Builder is a tool instructors can use to teach students to create basic citations in MLA, APA, and CBE/CSE formats; available from NC State library
- ZoteroA free tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources.
Citation Style Guides
- APA formatting and style guideFrom Purdue; good examples at the bottom of the page
- APSA DocumentationStyle Manual for American Political Science Association
- Chicago Manual of Style OnlineChicago style citation quick guide from the University of Chicago Press
- Chicago Manual of Style 17th editionFrom Purdue University; includes examples of many different formats
- Chicago/TurabianDocumentation from UW-Madison Writing Center
- MLA Formatting and Style GuideFrom Purdue University; includes examples of many different sources
- Citing information with MLATutorial and examples from UNC Chapel Hill
- MLA DocumentationGood site with examples, most current version of MLA
Belk Archives Citation Guide
For Elon University Archives (EUA), Church History (EUCH) or Manuscript (Mss.) Collections use the following:
Identification/description of item. Name of Collection, Collection#. Belk Library Archives and Special Collections, Elon University, Elon, NC. Example: Elon enrollment statistics for 1970. Office of the University Registrar Collection, EAU006. Belk Library Archives and Special Collections, Elon University, Elon, NC.
For Artifact Collections:
Title/name of artifact. Artifact Collection, AR#. Belk Library Archives and Special Collections, Elon University, Elon, NC.
Example: 1957 senior jacket. Artifact Collection, AR#003. Belk Library Archives and Special Collections, Elon University, Elon, NC.
For Audio-Visual Collections:
Title of AV. Place of publication: Publisher. Day Month Year. AV call number. Belk Library Archives and Special Collections, Elon University, Elon, NC. Example: Spring convocation for honors with John Glenn. Elon, NC: Elon University. 14 April 2005. Archives 1084. Belk Library Archives and Special Collections, Elon University, Elon, NC.