• Citation Tips
  

  Citing Electronic Articles from NCLIVE
  

  Citing Electronic Books (E-Books)
  

• Citation Tools

  APA and MLA Manuals for Citing All Resources
  

  Online Tools to Build Citations for All Resources
  

  Other Online Citation Help
  

Citation Tips

Citing Electronic Articles from NCLIVE

This tips page explains how to cite articles from NCLIVE databases in both MLA and APA format, which are treated slightly differently than the examples given in manuals for both the MLA and APA styles. NCLIVE databases are those designated by the following blue icon:

NCLIVE

Citing Electronic Books (E-Books)

Electronic books that are accessed through our catalog (many of these are from netLibrary, but some may be from other vendors as well) may be cited in either APA or MLA style, using the examples in the accompanying Word document. Click on the "Open" button to access the Word document. Electronic books are denoted in our catalog with the following red e-book icon:

Citation Tools

APA and MLA Manuals for Citing All Resources

Both the American Psychological Association (APA) and Modern Language Association (MLA) style manuals are on reserve at the library's circulation desk. Each provides numerous guidelines and examples of citations for a wide variety of resources (print, electronic, audio, etc.) These manuals may be checked out for use in the library only.

Online Tools to Build Citations for All Resources

Note: Accuracy of citations created using the following online citation building tools may vary; always compare these tool-created citations with the print manuals for both the MLA and APA styles.

• NCSU Libraries Citation Builder
  This citation building tool from the libraries at North Carolina State University allows you to choose among several formats of resources (book, scholarly journal article, web site, etc.), type in the appropriate information, and create a citation formatted in APA, MLA and other styles.
• EasyBib
  This citation building tool allows you to choose among a wide variety of formats of resources (electronic, print, sound, image, etc.), type in the appropriate information, and create a citation (and if desired, an annotation) displayed in MLA format only.
• Citation Machine
  Like NCSU's Citation Builder, this citation building tool allows you to choose among several formats of resources, both print and nonprint, then type in the appropriate information, and create a citation formatted in APA, MLA and Chicago styles.

Other Online Citation Help

For more detailed information on variations according to types of publications, number of authors, etc., see both the APA and MLA manuals, or visit the following web sites:

• Frequently Asked Questions About MLA Style by the Modern Language Association of America.
• Electronic References by the American Psychological Association.
• Citing Sources Within Your Paper by Duke University Libraries.