ESSAY WRITING FORMAT & STYLE GUIDES
Most Secondary School students and ALL University or College students need to know how to avoid plagiarism and academic dishonesty by properly formatting and citing their references for any research essay, novel study or social science research report. The links below cover everything you would ever need to know to succeed. It can be a little overwhelming, but we are here to help!
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These Purdue University OWL resources will help you sort out how to conduct and cite your research. This includes material on quoting and paraphrasing your research sources, as well as material on how to avoid plagiarism. OWL offers comprehensive, step by step instructions, samples and how to videos for APA, Chicago and MLA styles of formatting. They also have lots of tips on researching papers and writing them.
Scribrr citation generator is a reliable one which will provide up to date suggestions to assist you.
APA (American Psychological Association) style is most commonly used to set up, format and reference cite sources for social sciences (i.e. Law, Sociology, Psychology). The APA is currently using the 7th edition of the manual. Click this button for the general format of APA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the reference page. You may need to move around a little once you are there.
Find it. Write it. Cite it. The current 17th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style Online is the venerable, time-tested guide to style, usage, and grammar in an accessible online format. Click on the button to go directly to their site. You may need to move around a little once you are there. This style is often used in History classes where you need foot notes and a Bibliography.
MLA style is a set of standards for writing and documentation used by writers to find and evaluate information, alert their audience to the trustworthiness of their findings through citation, and shape the expression of their ideas in conversation with others. This 9th edition is your other source for the format for a Works Cited page. This style is usually used in English and Literature classes.