Research Guides: Digital Literacy Training: Cite Sources

Cite Your Sources

Each instructor will require you to use a specific citation style (how the sources you used in your assignments are formatted). The two most common citation styles, APA and MLA, are listed below. We also have a Writing Center to give you some extra help in brainstorming, proofreading, and formatting your assignments.

APA Style

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7e by the American Psychological Association
Call Number: REFDESK BF76.7 .P83 2020
Publication Date: 2020
Style manual of choice for writers, editors, students, and educators in the social and behavioral sciences, health sciences, engineering, and other fields.

MLA Style

MLA Handbook, 9e by The Modern Language Association of America
Call Number: REFDESK LB2369 .M52 2021
Publication Date: 2021
Guides writers through the principles behind evaluating sources for their research. It then shows them how to cite sources in their writing and create useful entries for the works-cited list.

General Resources

The St. Martin's Handbook, 9e by Andrea Lunsford
Call Number: REF Z710 .L86 2021
Publication Date: 2021
Writing guide that includes parts on the art and craft of writing, critical thinking and argument, research, documenting sources (including APA and MLA style), designing and performing writing, academic, professional, and public writing, effective language, effective sentences, clarity, grammar, punctuation and mechanics.

Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL): Research and Citation Resources

The Writing Center

The Writing Center
Penn College's Writing Center, located in ACC, Room 156, uses a process-centered approach to writing that promotes effective communication through individualized assistance in a supportive and creative environment. The Writing Center tutors, as well as faculty on occasion, are available to assist students with the development of a variety of writing assignments for all Penn College courses including course papers, lab reports, portfolio development, career writing (resume/cover letter), and capstone projects; all stages of the writing process, from initial idea development through drafts and revisions; and additional communication areas such as speech or reading for comprehension. Included are videos, PowerPoints, and mini guides for APA and MLA citation styles.