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Formatted APA & MLA Citations.

Did you know that the UI&U Library’s OneSearch provides formatted APA and MLA citations that you can copy and paste into your bibliography?  Watch the video below to learn more about this amazing tool.

1. Find the article or book in OneSearch
2. Click the title to access the detailed record
3. Click the Cite button on toolbar
4. Copy & paste the citation into your research paper.  Fix any errors.

APA & MLA Formatted Citations!

Are you frustrated by the APA or MLA citation styles? The library provides resources to help you to create, format, and manage bibliographies. One of our favorite resources is the OneSearch Cite Tool.

1. Find the article or book in OneSearch
2. Click the title to access the detailed record
3. Click the Cite button on toolbar
4. Copy & paste the citation into your research paper.  Fix any errors.

Visit the Cite (APA, MLA & Tools) page in the Library Help Center for citation examples, Zotero, plagiarism information, and a citations tutorial.

 

6 Ways the Library Helps You

The UI&U Librarians are committed to helping you succeed in your academic program.  We know that juggling life as an adult student is a challenge, and we have compiled a list of ways we can make things easier.  Please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us if you are struggling to use the library or find the resources you need.  We are happy to help and will work around your schedule.

 

Ask a Librarian by email (library@myunion.edu), phone (800-871-8165 x8747), text (802-294-2848), or live chat.

Make this your Best Term Yet

Would you like to become a better presenter?  Better at organizing your time?  Interested in finally mastering APA citations?  The UI&U Library has many handbooks, videos, and other resources that can help make this your best term yet!

SUCCESS AS AN ONLINE STUDENT

• Success as an online student: Strategies for effective learning by Fandl & Smith (ebook, 2014)
• Online education for dummies by Johnson and Manning (ebook, 2009)
• TEDTalks: Why we do what we do, and how we can do it better (video, 22 min., 2006)
• Researching, reading, and writing (video, 12 minutes, 2009)

LISTENING

• TEDTalks: 5ways to listen better by Treasure (video, 8 minutes, 2011)
• Active listening: Improve your ability to listen and lead by Hoppe (ebook, 34-pages, 2006)

 PRESENTATIONS

• Brilliant public speaking (video, 60 minutes, 2010)
• How to give a pretty good presentation: A speaking survival guide for the rest of us by Walker (ebook, 2010)

 READING & REASONING

• Active reading: Comprehension and rate (video, 11 min)
• Reading, writing, and reasoning: A guide for students by Fairbairn & Winch (e-book)
• Assumptions: Critical thinking (video, 26 min., 2009)
• Credibility: Critical thinking (video, 39 min., 2009)

 PLAGIARISM & CITATION

• Plagiarism 2.0: Information ethics in the digital age (video, 21 min., 1997)
• TEDEd: The punishable perils of plagiarism on TEDEd by D’Annunzio (video & lesson, 2013)
• Ethical behaviour in the e-classroom: What the online student needs to know by Smith (ebook, 2013)

 TEST TAKING

• Test-taking strategies by Kesselman-Turkel & Peterson (e-book, 2004)
• This Is a test…this Is only a test: Test-taking techniques  (video, 30 min., 1992) *dated, but good suggestions

 ORGANIZATION & TIME MANAGEMENT

• Time management (video, 17 min., 1995) *dated, but good suggestions
• Assignment calendar (video, 2 min., 1992)

 WRITING

• Ten steps of writing for results (video, 4 min., 1991)
• Good grammar for students by H. Jackson (e-book,  2005)

RESEARCH

• The craft of research (3rd ed.) by Booth, Colomb, & Williams (e-book, 2008)
• Information literacy: The perils of online research (video, 21:37 min., 2006)