Research Guides: Information Literacy Toolkit: Resource for Teaching Faculty: Citing Sources

Focus Area

The resources on this page focus on attribution and citations. The activities focus on MLA, APA, and Chicago (which are the most common citation styles for first and second-year students), while the General Attribution and Citation Guidance focuses more broadly on citation tools for a variety of disciplines and citation styles.

Citation Resources

MLA Handbook by The Modern Language Association of America
Call Number: Reference Stacks LB2369 .M52 2021
ISBN: 9781603293518
Publication Date: 2021-04-22
The MLA Handbook is available in our collection.

MLA Style Center
MLA Style is a companion to the MLA Handbook. It provides students and educators with a host of free resources for teaching and learning the MLA’s approach to research, writing, and documentation. It offers a quick guide to citing any source according to the MLA format, a practice template, a Q&A feature with hundreds of citation examples, a blog of writing tips, guidelines for formatting a paper and avoiding plagiarism, sample papers, lesson plans, worksheets, and other classroom resources submitted by users.

MLA Citation Worksheet
Designed for early researchers (first and second year students) this worksheet asks students to identify different components of an MLA citation, diagram a citation, and build their own citation.

Publication Manual (OFFICIAL) 7th Edition of the American Psychological Association by American Psychological Association
Call Number: Reference Stacks BF76.7 .P83 2020
ISBN: 9781433832154
Publication Date: 2019-10-01
The UMD Libraries has a copy of the APA Publication manual in the library collection.

Academic Writer Tutorial: Basics of Seventh Edition APA Style
Learn the basics of seventh edition APA Style using this free self-paced tutorial, including paper elements, format, and organization; academic writing style; grammar and usage; bias-free language; mechanics of style; tables and figures; in-text citations, paraphrasing, and quotations; and reference list format and order.

MLA/APA Comparison Guide (Handout)
This handout (provided by APA) compares APA Style and MLA style references for four common sources: journal articles, books, edited book chapters, and webpages.

The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th Edition by The University The University of Chicago Press Editorial Staff
Call Number: McKeldin Course Reserves - Z253 .U69 2017
ISBN: 9780226287058
Publication Date: 2017-09-05
A print copy of the Chicago Manual of Style is available at the McKeldin service desk on course reserves.

Chicago-Style Citation Quick Guide
If you need to write a note or bibliography citation for books, articles, and other common sources, you can find examples to follow in this crash course for Chicago style.

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Avoiding Plagiarism Guide (Handout)
There are two common types of plagiarism: (a) improper use of someone else’s words and (b) improper use of someone else’s ideas. Both forms of plagiarism involve using someone else’s words or ideas without appropriately acknowledging the author or source. This two-page guide (provided by APA) walks students through common sources of plagiarism and how to avoid them.