Style Guides
Manuals of style, commonly referred to as citation manuals or style manuals, are invaluable not only because they prescribe the proper format for source documentation and citation, but because they recommend the latest best practices for writing in your field of study, from proper punctuation to preferred terminology to accepted discourse conventions; ignore their advice at your peril. Following are the styles you are mostly likely to need for this class.
Chicago Style
- The Chicago Manual of Style, 18th Edition (Harvard Login)
MLA Style
- MLA Handbook, 9th Edition
- MLA Style Center -- can be very useful for help with types of sources that aren't covered in the Handbook
- Ask the MLA -- answers lots of "how do I cite" questions
Citation Tools
Harvard Library supports a selection of citation tools that allow you to:
- create a searchable database of the books, articles, book chapters, and more that you're using in your research
- import citations, abstracts, and more from online sources
- organize notes and full text documents, such as PDFs, images, spreadsheets
- share references when you're working on collaborative projects
- create reference lists in Chicago, MLA, APA and hundreds of other formats
Citations Tools we support include Zotero, EndNote, Overleaf Pro+, and Sciwheel.
To learn more about each tool, how they compare to one another, and for a list of upcoming classes, visit:
