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Citation Guides - APA & MLA

APA Format
Examples on how to manually create and cite using the APA format.
MLA Format
Examples on how to manually create and cite using the MLA format.
BibMe Citation Generator
Automatically create a bibliography just by entering your information. Must create a free account to store citations.
Understanding Plagiarism
What is plagiarism and how do I recognize it.
Plagiarism.org
Recognizing plagiarism.

Recommended Databases

Bloom's Literature This link opens in a new window
Bloom’s Literature is rich with relevant content on core authors and works, multicultural classics, contemporary literature, and more.
Gale Literary Index This link opens in a new window
Search this digital master index to find coverage of authors and works in products published by Gale.
Gale Literature This link opens in a new window
Gale Literary Sources integrates full-text literary content with metadata and subject indexing and provides workflow tools to analyze information. You can research authors and their works, literary movements and genres.
Gale Literature Criticism This link opens in a new window
Explore the most extensive compilation of literary commentary available. Includes analysis from book excerpts, periodicals, and more.
Gale Literature Resource Center This link opens in a new window
Find up-to-date biographies, overviews, full-text criticisms, audio interviews, and reviews on writers from all eras.
Library Literature & Information Science Index This link opens in a new window
Library Literature & Information Science Index is a bibliographic database covering essential library and information science journals. It indexes hundreds of journals covering all related subjects, including librarianship, classification and cataloging.
Literary Reference Center This link opens in a new window
Literary Reference Source is a rich full-text literary database covering all genres and time periods. It includes thousands of synopses, critical essays, book reviews, literary journals and author biographies, plus full-text classic novels, short stories and poems.
Literary Reference eBook Collection This link opens in a new window
This ebook reference collection offers a rich selection of eBook titles covering a broad range of literary-related subjects. Selections include literary criticism, study guides, and classics such as Emma, Dracula and Frankenstein.
Novelist Plus
NoveList Plus allows your library to stand out by helping readers find books that perfectly match their reading preferences and moods.
Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database: Literature & Language This link opens in a new window
This database focuses on literature and language periodicals covering Canada and Canadian issues.
Research Library: Literature & Language This link opens in a new window
This resource covers publications on literature and language for researchers of all levels.

Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature
Access book titles via keyword or phrase searching, or by using a form to indicate reading level, genre, language, historical period, gender of the protagonist, and ethnicity of the protagonist, among other elements. Books listed have been recognized with awards ranging from the Caldecott Award to ALA Notable Books for Children.
Internet Movie Data Base
Information about movies and television shows.
Reading Rockets
Video interviews with top children's book authors and illustrators.
Research Library: Literature & Language (ProQuest)
This resource covers publications on literature and language for researchers of all levels.
Wright American Fiction, 1851-1875
Collection of digitized page images of novels published in the United States from 1851 to 1875. Includes works by well-known writers such as Louisa May Alcott, Mark Twain, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Harriet Beecher Stowe, along with a great many forgotten authors.