LibGuides: Biotechnology Laboratory Sciences (formerly Therapeutics Manufacturing): Citation Help

Online Examples and Information

When researching a topic, you will be looking for various sources that support your argument. You will need to find good, reliable sources that you can incorporate into your paper. Information about these sources (such as title, author, and publication date) is what you will use to create your citations.

Various organizations and publications have differing formats for their citations. For each style, the information in each citation goes in a specific order and adheres to a specific format. For instance, the Modern Language Association (MLA) has its own citation style (MLA style). The American Psychological Association (APA) also has its own style (APA style). Click on the links below for examples and to learn more about these citation styles.

OWL at Purdue: Professional, Technical Writing
These OWL resources will help you conduct research and compose documents for the workplace, such as memoranda and business letters. This section also includes resources for writing report and scientific abstracts.
OWL at Purdue: APA Formatting and Style Guide
APA (American Psychological Association) style is most commonly used to cite sources within the social sciences. This resource, revised according to the 6th edition, second printing of the APA manual, offers examples for the general format of APA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the reference page.
OWL at Purdue: MLA Formating and Style Guide
MLA (Modern Language Association) style is most commonly used to write papers and cite sources within the liberal arts and humanities. This resource, updated to reflect the MLA Handbook (8th ed.), offers examples for the general format of MLA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the Works Cited page.

Books in the Library

Ask your instructor which style guide you should use.

Citation Generators

Free tools designed to assist in generating citations. These are all for MLA and/or APA.

Citation Machine
Citation Macine helps students and profesional researchers to properly credit the information that they use. Its primary goal is to make it so easy for student researchers to cite their information sources, that there is virtually no reason not to.
Cite This for Me
Create a free account. This site allows users to work on citations with group members. Over 7500 reference styles are available. MLA 8th edition is one on the styles available.
KnightCite
KnightCite is an online citation generator service provided by the Hekman Library of Calvin College. This service simplifies the often tedious task of compiling an accurate bibliography in the appropriate style by formatting the given data on a source into a reliable citation, eliminating the need to memorize minute details of style for multiple kinds of sources.