Citing Your Sources
Topics Covered
General Style Guides
Music Style Guides
Drama Style Guides
Citation Creators (e.g., RefWorks)
General Style Guides
Ask your instructor which citation style you should use for his or her course.
- APA Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. 5th ed. (Babbidge Ref. BF76.7 .P83 2001) — Mostly used in the social sciences (including music education).
APA Citations (PDF Guide)
Music Research: A Handbook (Music Ref. MLA 113 S28 2009) has music examples, pp. 272-277. - Chicago Manual of Style (Music Ref. Z 253 U69 2003 plus other libraries) — Detailed style guide used by many publishers, especially in the humanities. Turabian is drawn from this.
Chicago Manual of Style Web Site — FAQ, search, what's new, examples, etc.
Chicago-Turabian Style Guide (PDF) — nice style guide from UC Berkeley
Bibliographic Format for References — brief online guide (from U. of Georgia)
Chicago/Turabian Documentation — brief guide (from U. of Wisconsin)
Music Research: A Handbook (Music Ref. MLA 113 S28 2009) has music examples, pp. 262-271. - MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 6th ed. (Babbidge Ref. LB2369 .G53 2003) —
From the Modern Language Association.
MLA Citations (PDF Guide)
Music Research: A Handbook (Music Ref. MLA 113 S28 2009) has music examples, pp. 278-283.
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Turabian Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses and Dissertations.
6th ed. (Babbidge Ref. LB2369 .T8 1996) —
Mostly used in the humanities (including music, but not music education)
Turabian Citations
Turabian is drawn from the Chicago Manual of Style above. (Look there for music examples.) -
How to Cite Electronic Resources from the Library of Congress's American Memory Project
Focuses on digitized primary resources (e.g., text documents, photographs, drawings, films, legal documents, maps, recordings, and presentations. Uses examples from digitized historical collections.
Music Style Guides
- Bellman, Jonathan. A Short Guide to Writing About Music (Music Ref. ML 3797 .B4 2000)
- Boyle, David. A Handbook for Preparing Graduate Papers in Music (Music Ref. ML 3797 B68 2001 )
- Citing Music Sources in Your Essay and Bibliography (University of Western Ontario)
- Holoman, D. Kern. Writing About Music: A Style Sheet from the Editors of 19th Century Music (Music Ref. ML 63 W68 1988)
- Notes Style Sheet from the editors of Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association — Addresses problems in musical citation and style. Compiled from style manuals, memoranda, and editing decisions.
- Radice, Mark A. Irvine's Writing About Music (online book or Music Ref. ML 3797 .I79 1999)
Part I addresses style (capitalization, italicization, punctuation, spelling, citation format, etc.) in general and as pertains to music. Part II is on writing skills. Part III is on the treatment of musical topics in a narrative. - Sampsel, Laurie. Music Research: A Handbook (Music Ref. MLA 113 S28 2009).
RECOMMENDED
Has detailed citations guides for music research (including scores and recordings):
Chicago Manual of Style (pp. 262-271)
APA (pp. 272-277)
MLA (pp. 278-283) - Wingell, Robert and Silvia Herzog. Introduction to Research in Music (Music Ref. MT 1 W825 2001).
- Wingell, Robert. Writing About Music: An Introductory Guide (Music Ref. ML3797 .W54 1997)
Drama Style Guides
- The Mayfield Quick View Guide to the Internet for Students of Film and Theatre (PN 1998 A1 M39 2000 Music Ref). Has information about citing electronic resources.
- See general guides above, especially the Library of Congress's American Memory Project.
Citation Creators
- RefWorks: Create or Log into
your RefWorks account and FAQs &
Instructions
RefWorks is a web-based citation manager that allows you to
- Create a personal database of citations from articles, books, book chapters, or other sources.
- Automatically generate a bibliography (or works cited page) in APA, MLA, Turabian, or other bibliographic styles in MS Word.
- Export search results from some UConn Libraries' research databases directly to RefWorks.
- Link to the full text of online articles from your RefWorks database using the "UConn Links" button.
- Share your RefWorks database with others using RefShare.
- Citation
Machine
Free. Covers APA and MLA. Does not retain information as you experiment. No way to maintain lists.
- KnightCite
Free. Type in citation info, and KnightCite formats it for you (APA, CMS/Turabian, MLA). Retains information as you experiment with formats and styles. Copy and paste formatted cites into word processing documents. Register if you wish to save, edit, and export entire bibliographies (this service is in test mode).
- EndNote (also
see library's EndNote
Support Page)
Available for purchase. Sophisticated personal bibliographic software that is compatible with many of the research databases licensed by the UConn Libraries.
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