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Citation Guides: How to Cite Sources

APA Style (Purdue OWL)
MLA Style (Purdue OWL)
Chicago Manual of Style Online
Purdue Online Writing Lab
Citing Sources Guide

Citation Managers: Collect, Store, and Reuse Citations

EndNote Web (Sign up with “pdx.edu” email address)
Mendeley
Zotero

See our Citation Manager Guide to learn more and compare features.

Citation Generators: Instant Citations

BibMe
Citation Machine
EasyBib

See our Citation Generator Guide to learn more about citation generators.

Many tools have built-in citation generators. In EBSCOHost databases, for example, click on the title of an article, and look on the far right for the citation tool. The “Cite” link provides formatted citations in APA, MLA, and other common citation styles.

Screenshot of EBSCO's Cite option to create citations in common styles — In EbscoHost databases, from an item record, select the Cite link to get citations formatted in APA, MLA, and other common citation styles.