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RHET 1311 & 1312 - Composition I & II

This guide will help you identify library resources that will aid you in your coursework.

APA Style

For the most up-to-date citation assistance, please use the American Psychological Association's 

 APA Style and Grammar Guidelines.

Or 

Purdue Online Writing Lab's APA Style Formatting and Style Guide.

 

 

*Citation examples from APA Style and Grammar Guidelines.*

Chicago Style

For additional examples of citations, please use the following resources:

Purdue Owl Chicago Manual of Style 

or

Chicago Manual of Style Online

 

*Citation examples from Purdue Owl*

Print or Electronic Book

Book:

Kerouac, Jack. The Dharma Bums. New York: Viking Press, 1958.

eBook:

Davidson, Donald, Essays on Actions and Events. Oxford: Clarendon, 2001. https://bibliotecamathom.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/essays-on-actions-and-events.pdf.

Chapter in a Book:

Anzaldúa, Gloria. “How to Tame a Wild Tongue.” In Borderlands: The New Mestiza – La Frontera, 53–64. San Francisco: Aunt Lute Book Company, 1987. 

Website References

Webpage:  

Heck, Richard Kimberly. “About the Philosophical Gourmet Report.” Last modified August 5, 2016. http://rgheck.frege.org/philosophy/aboutpgr.php.

Twitter:

Nye, Bill (@BillNye). “While I’m not much for skipping school, I sure am in favor of calling attention to the seriousness of climate change. Our students can see the problem….” Twitter, March 14, 2019. https://twitter.com/BillNye/status/1106242216123486209.

Podcast: 

Cole, Sean and Ira Glass. “622: Who You Gonna Call?.” Produced by WBEZ. This American Life. August 4, 2017. Podcast, MP3 audio, 1:00:27. https://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/622/who-you-gonna-call.

Journal or Newspaper Citations

Below are sample citations for the most common and general electronic resources, based on the 17th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style.  If you have a print copy of the Manual, please refer to Part III, Chapters 14-15.

 

Journal:

Bent, Henry E. "Professionalization of the Ph.D. Degree.” College Composition and Communication 58, no. 4 (2007): 0-145. Accessed December 4, 2017. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1978286.

Newspaper:

Deo, Nisha. “Visiting Professor Lectures on Photographer.” Exponent (West Lafayette, IN), Feb. 13, 2009.

MLA Style

Changes have been made to MLA style and are indicated in the the 8th edition of the MLA Handbook. For more information and examples, please use these sources:

Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) MLA Style 

or

Modern Language Association (MLA) Style Center

 

*Citation examples from Purdue OWL*