Library and Information Science: Writing & Citing

This page offers writing and citing assistance for after you've found the articles, books and other information on your topic.  

The majority of the Library's e-resources can generate a single citation for you.

Places to look for the Cite Button or other Citation Tools in E-Resources:

• The right-hand menu on the article abstract page.
• At the top of the results list.
• Immediately under each citation in the results list.
• At the very bottom of an article or article abstract page.

More questions about APA Citation Style? Try these resources:

Below is a selection of free online citation generators that can help students to create citations and manage bibliographies. Remember, though, that no online citation generator is 100% accurate. Please be sure to check your citations to make sure that they're correct!

The Writing Center provides one-on-one tutoring, workshops and presentations to strengthen your academic reading, writing, critical thinking and research skills.  Including:

"Literature reviews are systematic syntheses of previous work around a particular topic. Nearly all scholars have written literature reviews at some point; such reviews are common requirements for class projects or as part of theses, are often the first section of empirical papers, and are sometimes written to summarize a field of study. Given the increasing amount of literature in many fields, reviews are critical in synthesizing scientific knowledge."

- Encyclopedia of Research Design

Go here for more on how to do a Literature Review.