Citation Guides & Tips
Expert guides to help you cite sources correctly in any academic style.
How to Cite a Website in ACS Style
Templates and eight worked examples for ACS website references: agency pages, blogs, Wikipedia, PubChem records, and the access date rule.
How to Cite a Government Document in MLA 9th Edition
Worked MLA 9 examples for every government document type: layered agency authors, congressional reports, laws, court cases, and executive orders.
How to Cite a Report in MLA 9th Edition
Worked examples show how to cite a report in MLA 9: government and corporate reports, organizational authors, missing dates, and in-text forms.
How to Use Zotero: Setup, Library, and Citations Guide
Learn how to use Zotero end to end: the browser connector, collections and tags, citing in Word and Google Docs, sync and storage, and useful plugins.
How to Recover a Lost Zotero Library: Every Fix That Works
Where a lost Zotero library actually goes and how to get it back: the data directory, .bak backups, sync restore, trash rescue, and Word documents.
ALWD Citation Guide: How to Cite in ALWD Style
How to cite cases, statutes, law reviews, books, and websites in ALWD style, with the 2026 eighth edition changes and where ALWD differs from the Bluebook.
How to Cite a Conference Paper in MLA 9
MLA 9 Works Cited and in-text formats for a presented talk, a paper in published proceedings, a database PDF, a poster, and a recorded session.
How to Cite a Dissertation or Thesis in MLA 9
Works Cited and in-text formats for a PhD dissertation, master's thesis, ProQuest record, repository PDF, and honors thesis, with the MLA 7 habits to drop.
How to Format a Dissertation in APA 7th Edition
Margins, fonts, heading levels, and front matter for a dissertation in APA 7, plus where your graduate school's template overrides the manual.
How to Cite a Source You Can't Find or Access
What APA 7, MLA 9, and Chicago say about secondary citations, paywalled papers, dead links, and quotes whose original source has vanished.
How to Cite a Conference Paper in APA 7
Worked examples for citing a conference paper in APA 7: presentations, posters, abstracts, and proceedings published as chapters or articles.
How to Fix Citation Errors: A Step-by-Step Audit
A five-pass audit for finding and fixing citation errors: match in-text citations to the reference list, unify the style, and repair each entry.