Citation Management
Use a citation manager (AKA reference manager) to help you manage your citations and format them for your assignments.
See our Citation and Reference Management Subject Guide for guidance.
Writing about Drama
The How to Research Subject Guide provides a lot of information on writing for an academic audience.
This MLA Style Citation Tutorial provides in depth information about the MLA style and how to create citations with it.
You may also find the following Campus supports helpful:
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Centre for Writers - University of Alberta We offer free, one-on-one writing support to all students, instructors, staff, and alumni at the UofA – in any subject, discipline, program, or faculty, and at all levels of study and with any type of assignment (research papers, reports, theses, reflections, creative writing, grant proposals, résumés, presentations, articles, etc.).
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Academic Success Centre We provide professional support to help students strengthen their academic skills and achieve their academic goals – and want all students to succeed at university! If you have questions about how to tackle a paper, report, or exam, how to study or take notes, how to present calmly and effectively, how to plan your term, or manage a course project, thesis, or dissertation, we’re here to help! We meet with students one-on-one in individual appointments, and run group workshops throughout the year. We also offer customized services both on and off campus. Whatever your program or situation, we can help.
Key Resources
Evaluating Sources
For each source you are planning to use, consider...
- Who wrote it? Creator: affiliations, credentials/ qualifications, previous publications, cited?
- Where did it come from? Who approved it for publication? How is it formatted? Publisher, publication, format, review process
- What is the intended purpose of this information resource? Who is the intended audience? Why and for whom was this resource created and disseminated?
- Is the information reliable and accurate, timely or appropriate for your purposes? Fact/opinion vs biased/”balanced”; citations/references/evidence; working links/no typos?
For more information, watch the tutorial Synthesizing and Evaluating Information.