Research Guides: Geography and Environmental Studies Research: Citing Sources

APA Style Guide

APA style is the offical citaiton format for the The American Psychological Association but is used by most of the social sciences. Use the following sources to properly format your citations in APA style.

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association by American Psychological Association
Call Number: BF76.7 .P83 2020
ISBN: 9781433832161
Publication Date: 2019-10-01
Available at this call number in Reference, Main Collection, and Reserves. Chapter 9 has citation information.

APA Style Guide from Purdue OWL
A quick guide to APA citation style

Chicago Style

Chicago is used in the humanities, especially History. (If you have been told to use Turabian style for citations, it is almost identical to Chicago.)

Chicago Manual of Style Guide from the Purdue OWL
A quick guide to Chicago style

The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th Edition by The University The University of Chicago Press Editorial Staff
Call Number: Z253 .U69 2017
ISBN: 9780226287058
Publication Date: 2017-09-05
Available at this call number in Reference and in Reserves. Also available online at the link below. Part III has citation information.

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The Chicago Manual of Style Online is completely searchable and easy to use, providing quick answers to your style and editing questions. The Q&A content is fully searchable along with the content of The Chicago Manual of Style. The Chicago Manual of Style Online also provides convenient Tools, such as sample forms, letters, and style sheets.

RefWorks

UCCS students and faculty have access to RefWorks. You can set up an account with your UCCS email address.

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RefWorks lets you collect your research sources in one place to format bibliographies or works cited pages.

The guide linked below describes how to use RefWorks in more detail: