Excelsior Online Writing Lab - Citation Guides

• MLA Formatting Style Guide 
• Chicago Formatting Style Guide 
• APA Formatting Style Guide

Citing Sources / Create your Bibliography (UofT Libraries Guide)

• The guide includes links to many helpful online tutorials, style guides, and related documents to help you understand citation practice, and build correct citations for your bibliography.

Writing at the University of Toronto Advice

• Using sources: How Not to Plagiarize, Standard Documentation Formats,  Using Quotations, Paraphrase and Summary
• Student PDFs: Developing Coherent Paragraphs, Summarizing, Verbs for Referring to Sources, Wordiness: Danger Signals and Ways to React

Citation management software makes it easier to keep track of your sources and to format your citations. 

U of T subscribes to RefWorks ProQuest, a database that lets you add references you find in the library catalogue and in article databases. RefWorks also works with Microsoft Word and Google Docs to allow you to format your in-text citations and reference list more easily.

You can also use a number of free citation management services, such as Zotero, which work with Microsoft Word. This citation management guide can help you compare the various free and paid services available, including U of T price discounts.

No citation management software is perfect - for example, it's easier to add books from the library catalogue to RefWorks, but it's easier to add blogs or websites to Zotero - and no software can tell you how and when to cite your sources. However, citation management software can save you valuable time formatting and organizing your research.

If you have any questions or want help set up the software, email your librarian Kate.