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WRITING AT FONTBONNE booklet presents grading standards for writing at Fontbonne University and provides advice and tips for academic writing.
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Citation, Reference & Writing Resources
Instructors at Fontbonne University typically require students to format their papers, including citations and references, according to the style guide of either the American Psychological Association (APA) or the Modern Languages Association (MLA). The APA is used more widely at Fontbonne across the disciplines, and the MLA is used primarily in English classes. These links provide citation and reference models and a variety of other information regarding APA and MLA style. For further help with the MLA's or APA's formatting guidelines, contact a writing specialist at the Kinkel Center (314-889-4571 or writing@fontbonne.edu).
APA PowerPoint Presentation * Requires Internet Explorer 9 or Firefox to hear audio.
Four Components of an Effective Body Paragraph
How to Organize a Paper: A Framework for Success
The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
OWL offers free resources in writing, research, grammar and style guides.
Diana Hacker’s Research and Documentation Online
Diana Hacker, author of A Pocket Style Manual, offers examples of citations and references for almost all types of sources in both MLA and APA formats.
The American Psychological Association's APA Style
The APA provides tips and advice for using the APA style manual and guidelines.
The Modern Language Association's Frequently Asked Questions about MLA Style
The MLA provides tips and advice for using the MLA style manual and guidelines.
EB Communication's The Style Wizard
The Style Wizard offers a template to create APA references for the current edition (the Fifth Edition). The Style Wizard italicizes properly, but you need to capitalize following the APA guidelines, which are supplied. For most Web sites, skip numbers 5 and 6 and remove ", Web site:" from the completed reference.
Landmark's Son of Citation Machine
The Citation Machine offers a template to create APA and MLA references and citations. The template provides some formatting, so double check the completed reference against Hacker's examples.