Guides on How To Cite Your Work
Whether you're writing a paper or creating a work of art, everyone needs to cite their work. Below are links to formatting and style guides. Refer to your professor to find out which citation format you should be using.
Chicago Manual of Style is commonly used by those in literature, history, and the arts.
Examples used from PURDUE OWL
Where to find information for citing a book
from Rockhurst.edu
Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication.
EXAMPLES:
Pollan, Michael. The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. New York: Penguin, 2006.
Ward, Geoffrey C., and Ken Burns. The War: An Intimate History, 1941–1945. New York: Knopf, 2007.
PRINT JOURNALS:
Last name, First Name. "Title of article." Title of Journal Volume Number, issue number (Year): Page Numbers.
EXAMPLE:
MacDonald, Susan Peck. “The Erasure of Language.” College Composition and Communication 58, no. 4 (2007): 585-625.
ELECTRONIC JOURNALS: Same as print but add when accessed and URL or DOI.
Bent, Henry E. "Professionalization of the Ph.D. Degree.” College Composition and Communication 58, no. 4 (2007): 0-145. Accessed December 5, 2008. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1978286.
Kossinets, Gueorgi, and Duncan J. Watts. “Origins of Homophily in an Evolving Social Network.” American Journal of Sociology 115 (2009): 405–50. Accessed February 28, 2010. doi:10.1086/599247.
Here is a brief guide to using it. You can also import your Zotero citations into Microsoft Word.
First go to REFERENCES on the Tool Bar and Select a Style.
Next add your resources under MANAGE SOURCES
Then when you need to add a citation to your paper go to INSERT CITATION. It will add it to the Footnote if you are doing that style.
Once you are finished and ready to add your bibliography (which is normally towards the end of your paper).
Start a New Page then click on Insert Bibliography. You can edit the bibliography as needed.
