Diana Hacker’s A Pocket Style Manual features three popular formats: MLA, APA, and Chicago. Of the three listed, Chicago is most common for history. For special instructions on how to cite Internet sources, see Hacker’s A Pocket Style Manual, Fourth Edition, pages 174-175. You can, of course, always consult The Chicago Manual Style, 15th ed (located at the Reference Desk). For Internet sources, see Chapter 17. The Reference Staff has created handouts on the three popular styles.
- Persistent Links
- "Persistent Links" connect users directly to a library database or article by clicking a link embedded in a webpage. Persistent Links can be useful when creating syllabi, online bibliographies and other research and information tools.
- TinyURL
- Shorten that long URL into a Tiny URL. Useful for making citations to online sources.
- Zotero
- Zotero is a free citation management software for Firefox. Use it to save, organize, and present online citations. Though version 1.0 is limited to the users hard drive, 2.0, a beta version, allows for backup on Zotero servers.
