Research Guides: Library Services for Online Students: How to Cite

Library Citation Guides

MLA Style Guide from Purdue OWL
8th/9th edition
APA Style Guide from Purdue OWL
7th edition
Chicago Style Guide from Camosun College
17th edition
More Citation Guides
Guides for other citation styles.
Noodle Tools Citation Builder
Try using this citation builder for sources that do not come with a pre-made citation. Just fill out the form and Noodle Tools creates the citation in MLA, APA or Chicago style.

Citation Videos

To access these videos from off campus, login with your Pipeline username and password:

Why Citations Matter
Explains the purposes of citations in a research paper.
APA Citations
How to create citations for different sources using APA style.
Chicago Style: Books and eBooks
How to create both note and bibliography citations for books and ebooks using Chicago style.
Chicago Style: Journals
How to create both note and bibliography citations for journals using Chicago style.
Chicago Style: Websites and Social Media
How to create both note and bibliography citations for websites and social media using Chicago style.
MLA Citation Style
How to create citations for different sources using MLA style.

Why Citations Matter

The following tutorial explores the use of citations as part of the process of scholarly conversation, why different citation formats exist, and examples of citation styles, and introduces how to cite (from off campus you will need to log in using your Pipeline username and password):