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How to Use the Clovis Community College Library: Citation Tools

pencil and paper iconThe library has a page dedicated to helping students get help creating citations, with links to various citation guides. You will also find a link to NoodleTools on the page, which features a citation generator. Check out the How to Cite page now. 

Citation Styles

Follow the links below for help with some of the most common citation styles. 

APA – American Psychological Association 

APA style is commonly used in the social sciences, like psychology and sociology, and in business and nursing. 

MLA – Modern Language Association

MLA style is most typically used when writing papers in the liberal arts or humanities.

Chicago Manual of Style

Chicago citation style is used in many disciplines, but most typically in history and the Humanities.

NoodleTools

noodletools logo​NoodleTools helps you create and save citations and export them to a works cited page in popular word processing formats. As a bonus, NoodleTools helps you stay organized as you evaluate information, build accurate citations, archive sources, take notes, outline topics, and prepare to write. Links to this resource can also be found on the Research Database Page and on the library's How to Cite page.

Step-by-step instructions and tutorial videos for this resource can be found on the NoodleTools tab of our Citation Help and Plagiarism Awareness guide.

Citation Guides in Print

These style manuals are available at the reference desk for in-library use: