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USP 193: San Diego Community Research: Writing & Citing

Tips

Ask your professor for his or her citation preference as each may have a preferred style. The Library's How to Cite guide offes information about and links to citation generators, style guides, and more.

There are many online guides (such as the Purdue OWL) that are helpful with formatting questions, but they are usually an abbreviated version of the printed manuals. Try the print editions in the library for any citation that the web guides don't address.

Style Manuals

Ask your professor for his or her citation preference, as each may have a particular style they wish you to use.

The Internet guides are helpful but they are an abbreviated version of the printed manuals. Come into the library for any citation that the internet guide does not address.