eBooks on MLA and APA Style
You can access these eBooks online. If you are off campus, you will be asked for your L# and LCC passphrase.
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MLA Made Easy by Publication Date: 2009 -
APA Style Simplified by Publication Date: 2012
eBooks on Plagiarism
You can access these eBooks online. If you are off campus, you will be asked for your L# and LCC passphrase.
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PlagiarismCall Number: online -
The Complete Guide to Referencing and Avoiding PlagiarismCall Number: online
Books on Citing and Plagiarism
These books are available in the LCC Library in traditional paper format.
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Publication Manual of the American Psychological AssociationCall Number: Reference Desk BF76.7 .P83 2010 -
APA Style SimplifiedCall Number: BF76.7 .B447 2012 -
Doing Honest Work in CollegeCall Number: PN171.F56 L56 2008
Books on other Style Formats, and Citing and Plagiarism
MLA and APA styles are the most common used at LCC, but there are other formats out there! These books are available in the LCC Library in traditional paper format.
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Scientific Style and Format: The CSE Manual for Authors, Editors and PublishersCall Number: T11 .S386 2014 -
Cite Right: A Quick Guide to Citation Styles--MLA, APA, Chicago, the Sciences, Professions, and MoreCall Number: PN171.F56 L55 2011 -
A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations by Call Number: LB2369 .T8 2007 -
The Chicago Manual of StyleCall Number: Reference Z253 .U69 2010 -
American Sociological Association Style GuideCall Number: Reference HM569 .A54 2014 -
The American Chemical Society Style Guide: Effective Communication of Scientific InformationCall Number: QD8.5 .A25 2006
Citation Help
More Online help with MLA and APA style
More on MLA Style
- MLA Formatting and Style Guide - The OWL at Purdue
Purdue University Online Writing Lab's MLA style guide
- MLA Style Manual -- Quick Guide
The Modern Language Association's step-by-step guide.
More on APA Style
- APA Formatting and Style Guide - The OWL at Purdue
Purdue University Online Writing Lab's APA style guide
- Learn APA Style
The American Psychological Association offers a tutorial on learning APA style, as well as other resources
NoodleTools
NoodleTools helps you create citations and format papers in MLA or APA style. You can also use it to take notes and keep your research organized. Create an account to access NoodleTools from anywhere.
Learn more about NoodleTools
Avoiding Plagiarism
Copyright & Plagiarism
The LCC handout to avoiding plagiarism.
Avoiding Plagiarism
A how-to guide from Everett CC, courtesy of OWL at Purdue.
Citing Wikipedia
Wikipedia Articles about Citing Wikipedia
Reliability of Wikipedia
To believe or not to believe? A discussion of how reliable Wikipedia is, or isn't.
A Caution Against Citing Wikipedia
Unless you are writing about Wikipedia, do not cite it, but use it to get quick orienting information on a topic.
Citing Wikipedia
Describes a tool that helps users cite Wikipedia articles, and gives multiple examples using different citation styles.