Research Guides: General Science: Citation Help

NoodleTools

NoodleTools
NoodleTools is a bibliography composer for all citation styles with helpful 'notecards' and outline feature to organize your work. Please email a librarian or go to the Reference Desk for assistance. Login with your Lawrenceville Credentials to get started.

Cite While You Write

As you gather your sources, compile your References section. Complete this section before you begin writing your paper! Why?

This will ensure that you have copied down all the necessary citation components of your book, article, Web site, etc.
It will make your life much easier when you need to do in-text citations since authors and dates are already neatly organized on your reference page.
It decreases the chance that you'll include an in-text citation for a source, but then forget to include it within the reference section.

Citation Style

The citation style for Science is normally the APA Style. But, always ask your teacher about which citation style they prefer.

If you are using APA, then the Lawrenceville Guide to APA and Purdue OWL are great places to start. Feel free to ask a librarian if you have any questions.