LibGuides: GECC1130 Idea of a University: Citation

About Citation

What is a Citation?
What is a Citation? Watch this video to learn what is a citation and why we need citations? (1:21)

How to Cite Books and Chapters
Watch this video to learn how to cite books and book chapters using various styles.
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How to Cite Journal Articles
This video shows you how to cite journal articles using various styles.
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How to Cite Social Media
Learn how to cite social media materials such as Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Blog in your paper writing. (2:59)

Chicago Style is a commonly-used citation style for humanities, sciences and social sciences students.

The Chicago Manual of Style Online
The Chicago Manual of Style Online is completely searchable and easy to use, providing quick answers to your style and editing questions. The Q&A content is fully searchable along with the content of The Chicago Manual of Style. The Chicago Manual of Style Online also provides convenient tools, such as sample forms, letters, and style sheets.

The Chicago Manual of Style by the University of Chicago Press editorial staff.
Call Number: Z253 .C57 2017
ISBN: 9780226287058
A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, Ninth Edition by Kate L. Turabian ; revised by Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams, Joseph Bizup, William T. FitzGerald, and the University of Chicago Press editorial staff.
Call Number: LB2369 .T8 2018
ISBN: 9780226494425
Chicago 論文寫作格式 : Turabian 手冊 by Kate L. Turabian 著 ; 邱炯友, 林雯瑤原譯 ; 梁民康, 郭依婷增譯.
Call Number: LB2369 .T812 2021
ISBN: 9789574459520

For other citation styles please refer to Citation Styles LibGuide.

RefWorks
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RefWorks is a web-based bibliography and database manager that allows users to import citations from databases, produce bibliographies in a variety of citation styles (e.g. MLA, APA, Chicago, etc), format in-text references or footnotes, and create personal databases of citations.

EndNote
EndNote is a citation management tool that allows you to import references from LibrarySearch, online databases and PDF files, create in-text citations and bibliographies in over 7,000 styles, and share references with research partners and colleagues.

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