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APA Style Help
- APA Formatting and Style Guide, from Purdue UniversityThe OWL program at Purdue has some excellent instructional guides, among them this guide to APA explaining and showing examples for formating a research paper and citation styles.
- Citing ChatGPT in APAWhether or not you can use ChatGPT for an assignment is up to the professor, but if you are able to use it, you need to cite it properly. This article from the APA Style Blog shows you just how to do that.
Generic format for online articles
Author, A. A., Author B. B., & Author C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume number(issue number), pages. URL or DOI
Example citation
Baniya, S., & Weech, S. (2019). Data and experience design: Negotiating community-oriented digital research with service-learning. Purdue Journal of Service-Learning and International Engagement, 6(1), 11–16. https://doi.org/10.5703/1288284316979
ACS Style Help
- Citing Your Sources: ACSThis guide provides basic information on how to cite sources and examples for formatting citations in ACS. (from Williams College)
Generic format for online journal article
Last Name, A.; Last Name, B. Title of Article. Journal Abbreviation [Online] Year, Volume, Pages. URL or DOI (accessed Mon DD, YYYY).
Example citation
Zloh, M.; Esposito, D.; Gibbons, W.A. Helical Net Plots and Lipid Favourable Surface Mapping of Transmembrane Helices of Integral Membrane Proteins: Aids to Structure Determination of Integral Membrane Proteins. Internet J. Chem. [Online] 2003, 6, Article 2. http://ijc.com/articles/2003v6/2 (accessed Oct13, 2004).
CSE/NLM Style Help
- Citing MedicineThe National Library of Medicine style guide, available online. CSE refers us to the NLM style guide for online resources.
- Citing Sources—NLM StyleA slideshow that highlights some of the details relevant in this citation style.
Generic format for online journal articles
Author AA, Author BB. Article title. Journal Title [Internet]. Date of Publication [Date of Citation]; Volume Number(Issue Number):Pages. Available from: http://journalurl
Example citation
Piwowar HA, Day RS, Fridsma DB. Sharing detailed research data is associated with increased citation rate. PLOS ONE [Internet]. 2007 [cited 10 April 2013];2(3):e308. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000308
