The following guides are meant to help you format citations and your paper according to these styles.

If you can’t find information for the resource you need to cite or still aren’t sure if your citation is correct, ask a librarian for help! Visit us at the reference desk on the 2nd floor of Smith or at the UC Learning Commons, email us at reference@highpoint.edu, or chat with us via AskHPULibrary!

Citation Guides

AMA Manual of Style (10th Edition) | (PDF Handout)

APA Citation Guide (6th Edition) | (PDF Handout)

Chicago/Turabian Style Guide | (PDF Handout)

Council of Science Editors (CSE) Style Guide | (PDF Handout)

MLA Citation Guide (7th Edition) | (PDF Handout)

Additional Resources

Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)

This site has guides for MLA and APA style, as well as sample papers for each.

Introduction to Basic Legal Citation

Citing Government Pubs in MLA

Plagiarism

Why cite?

When should you cite?

- When you quote a source word for word.
- When you paraphrase someone else’s idea.
- When you use any information you did not know before you started your research.