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Citation Styles: APA, MLA, Chicago, Turabian, AP

Need help with formatting citations? This guide provides assistance in citing sources when writing an academic paper.

Citation Managers

EndNote Web is the free, online counterpart to the widely used EndNote citation management system. It offers storage and organizational features for up to 50,000 references.

CSU-Pueblo students, faculty, and staff have free access to EndNote Web. You will need to Sign up for an account to save and manage citations.

Zotero is a free, open-source web browser extension that helps you gather citation information. It captures full reference details from online databases, Google Scholar, and some publisher websites, saving them to your personal Zotero Library. In your Zotero library, you can enrich these saved references by adding notes, tags, attachments, and keywords.

The Mendeley Reference Manager offers the flexibility to collect and save citation entries from any location, making it easy to bring them into your Mendeley Desktop Library. Once your references are saved, you can enrich them with personal notes, tags, attachments, and keywords for better organization.

Getting Your Citation from SuperSearch

When you're looking at the full details of an item in SuperSearch, you can easily get a ready-made reference citation. Just scroll down to the "Send To" section and click on "Citation." From there, you can choose the citation style you need.

Remember, always double-check this citation! While SuperSearch tries its best, there might still be a few mistakes.

Screenshot from a book information tab in SuperSearch, focused on the Send to section. The screenshot has three red highlighted boxes, the first is around the button that has an image of a quotation mark, and beneath the image is the text citation. The second box lists various citation styles, allowing users to select a specific style to generate a reference citation for a book. The last box is around the Copy Citation button, which is located below the generated citation. Below this button is text reminding you to double-check the generated citation, as it may contain errors.

Generating Citations from Library Databases

When you're using the University Library's various research databases, you'll find that they often include a built-in citation tool. Look for an icon, usually a quotation mark ( " ), or a button labeled "Cite" next to each resource. Clicking on this will generate a reference citation for you.

However, it's crucial to remember to double-check these automatically generated citations. While convenient, databases can occasionally introduce minor errors.

Screenshot from an article citation pop-up menu, which provides a reference citation for the article. This citation pop-up menu was accessed by clicking on a button that has an image of a quotation mark, which has a red highlighted box in the background. In the citation menu, there is a highlight box around a drop-down menu that allows you to select which citation style the reference citation to follow. Below the drop-down menu is another red highlight box around the reference citation that can then be copied and pasted into a document.

CSU Pueblo Tutoring Services

Want to talk about your writing? Need help with your essay assignment? Looking for feedback on a research paper, a creative work, a scholarship essay, or any other kind of writing? The Writing Center is here for you!

Students can drop in for tutoring during daytime hours or make appointments and access online “after-hours'' support by logging onto PAWS and clicking on Starfish. For face-to-face appointments, visit the tutoring center on the 3rd floor in the Library and Academic Resource Center (LARC). Appointments for online tutoring can be made by accessing Starfish on PAWS.

If you need a little help with your classes in a specific subject, you can find tutoring services in other buildings around the Pueblo campus. Just click on the following link to learn more!