Citing Sources

Citing Sources

The following information is provided as a convenience to OIT students.

It is important to make sure and give credit when using others' ideas or words in your work.  Check with your instructor if you are uncertain as to which style guide is recommended for your particular class assignment.   For more information on when to cite, see our page on Avoiding Plagiarism.

Following are links to examples of the four citation styles in use at OIT:

APA Citation Style

IEEE Style

MLA Citation Style

Chicago Manual of Style Citation Style

CSE

Online Citation Building Tools

* Make sure to compare the citations you create with these tools to the examples provided.

BibMe:  styles supprted: MLA, APA, Chicago

 More Online Citation Resources

Using MLA Format: Online Writing Lab at Purdue Univeristy

If you don't see an example of what you need on this website or want to look at other citation styles, see the call numbers for the APA, MLA, Chicago, and other books on citation style that we have in the OIT Library in the reference section listed below .

REF Z 253 .U69 2003

Council of Biological Editors. Scientific Style and Format: The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers. 6th ed. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 1994.

REF T 11 .S386 1994

Modern Language Association of America. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 7th ed. New York: The Modern Language Association, 2009.

REF Z 253 .G53 2009

Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing. 2nd ed. New York: The Modern Language Association of America, 1998.

REF Z 253 .G52 1998

REF Z 253 .P83 2001

Turabian, K. L. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. 6th ed. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1996.

REF Z 253 .T87 1996.