Citations

Refer to these formatting and style guides: MLA Guide (Purdue) [|APA Guide (Purdue)]

1. Books: If you are using a resource from the library, the catalog can generate citations automatically using the **Resource Lists** function. Note that for the title within the citation you need to manually put the title in capitals. Login to the catalog using your network login username and password to save lists so that they can be accessed from any computer. Watch a short tutorial (30 sec). 2. Online Databases: Most of the online databases we subscribe to generate citations automatically.

3. Websites and other resources: EasyBib Watch a short tutorial (2 min)

NOTES:


 * To cite Chinese language materials the Chicago Manual of Style recommends using the pinyin Romanization system (10.100) and they provide a conversion table to and from the Wade-Giles system (pp. 426-427). A copy of the //Chicago Manual of Style//, 15th edition is located at the MS/HS circulation desk. Here is a link to a conversion table.
 * Capitals are introduced in Romanized Chinese when they would normally appear in English (p. 429).
 * Original Chinese characters can be inserted following the Romanized version if they are necessary to help the readers identify references cited or terms used (p. 429).
 * How you quote from the text will depend on your audience. The options are to quote in the original language and provide a translation or simply quote in English and say it is a translation.
 * The //MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers//, 7th edition and the //MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing//, 3rd edition are located at the MS/HS circulation desk. For further information, consult the official page of the MLA Handbook.
 * MLA no longer requires including the URL of Web publications in Works Cited entries however, ISB teachers require it. The URL should be placed in angle brackets after the entry and end with a period. For long URLs, break lines only at slashes.