COMM 3340: Media Writing

Provides citation templates and correct examples in each of the major styles

Purdue University's OWL offers excellent guidance on using MLA and APA citation styles.

Use Zotero to organize your notes, citations, and articles. Zotero is free and easy to use.

Search scholarly articles or books in Google Scholar to gauge their influence on other writers. Look for the "cited by" links to see which authors have referenced the searched-for scholarship in their own work. Using this technique may yield relevant sources for your own projects.

Downloading academic e-books can be surprisingly tricky. This guide will get you started.

If we don't have the scholarship you need we can obtain it from another library. Here's how ILL works.