Students

These resources will help you to access, manage and cite information sources. We also provide specialized instruction for graduate students, international students and ESL students. Our First Year Experience Librarian helps new students access library resources at UC. Our online guide Bearcats on the Road is designed especially for student athletes.

Find information  |  Evaluate information  | Cite information sources

Find information

• Course Guides - research help for a specific class or assignment, e.g. English Composition 102.
• How Do I... - practical tips on using UC Libraries
• University of Cincinnati Libraries Workshop Series - research skills and software workshops.

Evaluate information

• Evaluating Web Content

• Journals: Popular vs. Scholarly (PDF) - do you know the difference?
• Critically Analyzing Information Sources - a Cornell University guide.
• NEW! Research Minutes: How to Identify Scholarly Journal Articles (a YouTube video by the Cornell University Library)
• NEW! Research Minutes: How to Identify Substantive News Articles (a YouTube video by the Cornell University Library)

Cite information sources

• What is Plagiarism? - avoid plagiarism and get help from libraries and writing centers at UC.

Citation style guides

• How to Cite Internet Sources - an guide from the Yale College Writing Center.
• APA Style: Electronic references - how to cite electronic media from APA Style.org
• NEW! APA Crib Sheet (PDF document) - based on the fifth edition of the APA Publication Manual.
• Chicago Manual of Style Citation Guide from Ohio State University Libraries
• Citing Sources - Duke University's guidelines for citing sources.
• MLA and APA Style Guides from THE OWL at Purdue University.
• Research and Documentation Online - From Research and Documentation in the Electronic Age, 4th ed., by Diana Hacker.
• Sources - Dartmouth College guide on citing sources. Includes APA and MLA guidelines and examples of source types most frequently used in papers by undergraduate writers.

Citation Tools

• Free Online Citation Help - sites that will help you to create your 'works cited' page.
  • EasyBib, Citation Machine, RapidCite, Zotero (works as part of the Firefox web browser)
• RefWorks - RefWorks users can create their own personal database by importing references from online databases. This web-based product provided by University of Cincinnati Libraries can automatically format both in-text and works cited references.

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