Faculty Guide to Library Resources: Writing Styles (MLA/APA/other styles)

Best Practices: ALWAYS provide the full citation for all sources used in course content. 

• Modeling the importance of always citing your sources will help your students understand the concept.

• Providing the citation in the correct MLA/APA style reduces students' stress, giving them more time to concentrate on their assignments. 

Each LibGuide has common reference examples, example of how to cite AI, instruction on how to do in-text citations, video tutorials, downloadable template, sample student paper, slideshows, handouts, tech support for formatting papers and references, and more! 

Contact a librarian to help you create a customized template for an assignment or use the generic downloadable template provided on the MLA or APA LibGuides. 

Students may not understand how to apply writing style formats for specific assignments. A customized template can allow students to concentrate on quality content. See the example linked below. 

We recommend Zotero as a citation tool for students because it is free and reliable. It works as an Add-In with Microsoft Word. 

We recommend and teach students how to use Turnitin DraftCoach.  It is an Add-In that can be used with the online version of Microsoft Word. It will check students' papers for plagiarism, citations, and grammar. The handout and video will show you how to add it.  The workshop video shows a demonstration of using it.