CMS, APA, MLA

These OWL resources will help you conduct research using primary source methods, such as interviews and observations, and secondary source methods, such as books, journals, and the Internet. This area also includes materials on evaluating research sources.
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/ https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/717/01/ https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/ https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
CMS
Chicago Manual of
Style
Philosophy
History
APA
American
Psychological
Association
Psychology
Biology
Chemistry
MLA
Modern
Languages
Association
English

Be thorough!
Be precise!
Punctuation / capitalization / italicization / spacing COUNTS!
Take your time!
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Shortens long urls.

CMS
APA
Cite the book using YOUR appropriate citation style.
Follow these prompts given to you taken from https://owl.englishpurdue.edu./
MLA
Bibliography
Last name, first name. Title of Book in Italics. Place of publication:
Publisher, year of publication.
References
Last name, First name. (Year of publication). Title of work no capitals
and in italics: Capital letter also for start of subtitle. Location:
Publisher.
Note: For "Location," you should always list the city and the state using the two letter postal abbreviation without periods (New York, NY).
Works Cited
Last name, First name. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher,
Year of Publication. Medium of Publication.

BOOK WITH ONE AUTHOR
Yours should look like this!
Bibliography
Last name, first name. Title of Book in Italics . Place of publication:
Publisher, year of publication.
Gladwell, Malcolm. Outliers: The Story of Success. New York: Back
Bay Books / Little Brown and Company, 2008.

Yours should look like this!
BOOK WITH ONE AUTHOR
References
Last name, First name. (Year of publication). Title of work no capitals and in italics: Capital letter also for start of
subtitle. Location: Publisher.
Note: For "Location," you should always list the city and the state using the two letter postal abbreviation without periods (New York, NY).
Gladwell, Malcom. (2008). Outliers: The story of success. New
York, NY: Back Bay Books / Little Brown and Company.

BOOK WITH ONE AUTHOR
Yours should look like this!
Works Cited
Last name, First name. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher,
Year of Publication. Medium of Publication.
Gladwell, Malcolm. Outliers: The Story of Success. New York: Back
Bay Books / Little Brown and Company. 2008. Print.

Cite the online article on the source sheet using YOUR appropriate citation style.
Follow these prompts given to you taken from https://owl.englishpurdue.edu./
CMS
Bibliography
Last name, First name. “Title of Web Page.” Publishing Organization or
Name of Website in Italics. Publication date. URL.
APA
References
Last name, First Name. (Year, Month Day). Title of article no capitals.
Title of Newspaper in Italics. Retrieved from http://url
MLA
Works Cited
Last name, First name. “Title of Article." Name of Website in Italics.
Day Month Year of publication. Web. Day Month Year of access.
MLA does not require URL

ARTICLE IN AN ONLINE MAGAZINE OR NEWSPAPER
Yours should look like this!
Bibliography
Last name, First name. “Title of Web Page.” Publishing
Organization or Name of Website in Italics. Publication date. URL.
Pesce, Nicole Lyn. “Three Hardworking High Schoolers Take Kendal and Kylie Jenner to Task for Being Poor Role Models.” Daily
News. June 15, 2014. http://nydn.us/1HuOwJe
BITLY

ARTICLE IN AN ONLINE MAGAZINE OR NEWSPAPER
Yours should look like this!
References
Last name, First Name. (Year, Month Day). Title of article no capitals. Title of Newspaper in Italics. Retrieved from http://url
Pesce, Nicole Lyn. (2014, June 15). Three hardworking high schoolers take Kendall and Kylie Jenner to task for being poor role models. Daily News. Retrieved from http://nydn.us/1HuOwJe
BITLY

ARTICLE IN AN ONLINE MAGAZINE OR NEWSPAPER
Yours should look like this!
Works Cited
Last name, First name. “Title of Article." Name of Website in
Italics. Day Month Year of publication. Web. Day Month
Year of access.
MLA does not require URL
Pesce, Nicole Lyn. “Three Hardworking High Schoolers Take Kendall and Kylie Jenner to Task For Being Poor Role Models.”
Daily News. 15 June 2014. Web. 26 May 2015.

CMS
APA
MLA
Gladwell, Malcolm. Outliers: The Story of Success. New York: Back Bay Books / Little Brown and Company, 2008.
Gladwell, Malcom. (2008). The outliers: The story of success. New York, NY: Back Bay Books /
Little Brown and Company.
Gladwell, Malcolm. The Outliers: The Story of Success. New York: Back Bay Books / Little Brown and Company. Print.
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