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Citation Styles & Zotero

There are three main citation styles taught at Morningside University: APA, Chicago, and MLA. Below are links to all three guides on how to use each style correctly. These guides includes examples on how to in-text cite specific kinds of resources as well as how to create bibliographies, works cited, and reference pages.

APA

APA (American Psychological Association) is used by agriculture, biology, business, chemistry, education, nursing, & psychology. Some science courses may use the CSE Style which can be found here.
APA Style Guide (7th ed.)

Chicago/Turabian

Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS) is maintained by the University of Chicago, and is used on campus primarily by history and political science. A full online version of the CMOS is avaialable.​
CMOS Online
Chicago Style Guide

MLA

MLA (Modern Language Association) is used by primarily by the arts and humanities, especially English, Literature, & Writing.
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MLA Style Guide
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Zotero Citation Software

Zotero is a free and open source citation manager. It is the only one that the HJF Learning Center supports at this time because of its versatility, robust features, and numerous supported styles. Zotero provides plugins for both Microsoft Office's Word, LibreOffice's Writer, and Google Drive Documents allowing for direct searching and importing of source citations all in the style of your choice. It also includes an automatic bibliography, references, and/or works cited page at the end of your document that is generated from the sources used in the rest of the document. You can find out more about using Zotero and where to get it below.
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