RefWorks
This is a bibliographic management program that allows Rockhurst University faculty, students and staff to set up their own online account to manage citations imported from databases subscribed to by the Greenlease Library; input citation information from books and other material formats. Additional features are included, such as the Write-N-Cite plugin application for creating parenthetical reference. Many citation formats are included.

RefWorks Account Information

Tutorial and Quick Start Guide (PDF 242MB)*

Connect to RefWorks

How to Export/Import Saved Citations from a Database Into RefWorks (PDF 47KB)*

Adding References Manually to RefWorks

Print Sources

Hacker, Diana. The Bedford Handbook. 7th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martins, 2009.
This provides basic citation styles as well as assistance with writing. One copy is available at Ref. PE 1408. H277.2009.

Hodge, John et al. Hodges' Harbrace Handbook. 14th ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt College Publishers, 2001.
This provides basic citation styles as well as assistance with writing. One copy is available in the Reference collection on the main floor at Ref PE1112.H6 2001.

Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 7th ed. New York: Modern Language Assn., 2009.
This is the leading citation style for studies in the humanities: arts, literature, music, history, philosophy and religion. Also includes is a list of style manuals for biology, chemistry, geology, linguistics, mathematics, medicine, physics and psychology in the appendix of this book. One copy is available on the main floor at Ref. LB 2369 G53 2009.

American Medical Association. American Medical Association Manual of Style : a Guide for
Authors and Editors. 10th ed. Baltimore : Williams & Wilkins, 2007. The citation manual for papers published in medical fields. One copy is available in the Reference collection on the main floor at Ref R 119 A533 2007.

American Psychological Association. Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. 5th ed. Washington: Amer. Psychological Assn., 2001.
This is the leading citation style for studies in the social sciences. One copy is available in the "Psychology Department" reserve collection at the Circulation Desk. One copy in the Reference collection on the main floor at Ref. BF 76.7 P83 2001

Council of Biology Editors. Scientific Style and Format: The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors and Publishers. 6th ed. United Kingdom: University of Cambridge, 1994.
This is the leading citation style for studies in the life sciences. One copy in the Reference collection on the main floor at

Chicago Manual of Style. 15th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003.
This is the style format preferred by publishers and scholars for submission of manuscripts for publication. One copy in the Reference collection on the main floor at Ref. Z 253 U69 2003

Writing Papers in the Biological Sciences. 3rd edition.
A guide to searching for biology literature, using tables and figures, drafting a paper, documenting sources and other useful information on scientific writing. One copy in the Reference collection on the main floor at Ref QH 304 M36 2001.

Rampolla, Mary L. A Pocket Guide to Writing in History. 4th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2004.

A guide for students in all levels of history classes. One copy is available in the "English Department" reserve collection at the Circulation Desk.

Hacker, Diana. Rules for Writers. 5th ed. Bedford/St. Martins, 2004.

A guide for students to help with the development of writing, grammar, clarity and design. One copy is available in the "English Department" reserve collection at the Circulation Desk.

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

One copy is available in the "English Department" reserve collection at the Circulation Desk.

Hariston, Maxine C. Successful Writing. 4th ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1998.

One copy is available in the "English Department" reserve collection at the Circulation Desk.

These citation styles specifically address information retrieved from databases, the internet and other electronic files

Li, Xia. and Nancy B. Crane. Electronic Styles: A Handbook for Citing Electronic Information. Rev. ed. Medford, NJ: Information Today, 1996.
One copy is available in the "English Department" reserve collection at the Circulation Desk.

Walker, Janice and Todd Taylor. Columbia Guide to Online Style. New York: Columbia University Press, 2006.
One copy is available in the "English Department" reserve collection at the Circulation Desk.

Internet Sources

AMA Manual of Style: Home

http://www.amamanualofstyle.com

The AMA's official website for the style guide with free resources such as information on style, terminology and technical information.

APA Style Online

http://www.apastyle.org/

The APA's official website for the style guide with free resources such as supplemental materials, style help, basics of APA style and more.

The Chicago Manual of Style Online

http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/

University of Chicago's official website for the style guide with free resources such as a citation quick guide, proofreaders marks, sample correspondence, and questions and answers.

Citation Styles for Research Papers.
Long Island University
http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citation.htm
Examples of citations in MLA, APA, Turabian, AMA, and Chicago styles

Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)

Purdue University

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

A site with over 200 free resources including help with writing and teaching writing, research, grammar and mechanics, citation styles, ESL and job searches, including APA and MLA.

Uncle Sam-Brief Guide to Citing Government Publications. University of Memphis Library. http://exlibris.memphis.edu/resource/unclesam/citeweb.html

Writer's Handbook- Documentation Styles.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center.
http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/index.html
A good site to find examples of a variety of citation styles, including MLA, APA and Chicago.

Information on how to cite sources from selected databases:

Lexis-Nexis Primary Sources in History. Examples in both the MLA and APA styles are given.

EBSCOhost. Examples in the MLA, APA, Chicago and Turabian styles are given.

Thompson Gale. For Business and Company Resource Center and the Discovering Collection databases. In the Academic OneFile database examples in the MLA and APA styles are given.