Your Librarian
Emily Mross
Contact:
205A Harrisburg Library
717-948-6130
Subjects:Campus: Harrisburg, Criminal Justice
MLA Citation Resources
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MLA Quick Citation GuidePenn State guide for MLA references with examples.
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MLA Formatting and Style Guide (Purdue OWL)Extensive explanations and examples for how to cite using the MLA style, commonly used in the humanities.
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MLA Style Sheet (Online)Quick online guide with examples of MLA style.
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MLA Handbook by Publication Date: 2016Available in Reference (1st floor, in-library use only) and the stacks (3rd floor, can check out).
Citation Managers
A citation manager is a software that will assist you in creating and managing citations for the articles you use in your research. Some of the software will also store the articles you find.
You may want to consider using a citation manager as you conduct your research to save the resources you find and quickly access and cite them as you write your assignments.
View the various guides for each manager from the links below.
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Citation Management OverviewThe chart on this page provides an overview of the different citation managers available, with the features of each software to help you make a decision.
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EndNote (PSU Guide)a citation manager that you must purchase and download onto your personal computer. There is a free web version as well.
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Zotero (PSU Guide)a free stand alone program that allows for easy capturing of citation information from web pages.
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Mendeley (PSU Guide)a free tool for both the desktop and web that integrates with Zotero and easily manages PDFs.