Quick Reference: Writing & Citing

This Quick References guide groups links to handy Web-based resources helpful to NYIT community members.

Citation & Documentation (APA, MLA, Turabian, Online)

• RefWorks
  RefWorks is a web-based bibliographic management and formatting program. Refworks is freely available to all current NYIT students, faculty, and staff.
• Citing Medicine: The NLM Style Guide
• Formatting in Sociology
• Online Citation Styles
• Resources for Documenting Electronic Sources
• Landmarks Citation Machine
• KnightCite
• Using Modern Language Association (MLA) Format
• Using American Psychological Association (APA) Format
• Writer's Handbook: Documentation Styles
• Citing Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism: Documentation Guidelines
  A well-presented guide to citing sources using current APA, MLA, Turabian, and Chicago styles, with valuable discussions of plagiarism and how to avoid it. A Duke University Libraries site.

Research & Writing

• Guide to Grammar and Writing
• OWL Online Writing Lab
  Excellent collection of writing resources and guides.
• Strunk, William Elements of Style 1918
  Outlines the principal requirements of plain English style and concentrates attention on the rules of usage and principles of composition most commonly violated.
• Research Paper Workshop
  An extensive workshop that takes you through the stages of developing a research paper: invention, theses, sources, drafting, revising, and editing.
• Writing Research Essays in North American Academic Institutions
  A Guide for International Students, by William Badke
• Writing Research Papers: A Step-by-Step Procedure