Welcome to Schewe Library's citation guide! Use the information on this page to help cite materials in the MLA, APA, and Chicago styles.
We've included some tools below to help you generate citations. These tools will give you largely correct citations, but if you need an absolutely perfect citation you should check your citations against the official handbooks or guides.
| Service | MLA 9th | APA 7th | Chicago 17th | Cite Websites? | Ads? |
| BibGuru | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | No |
| MyBib | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | No |
| Google Scholar | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | No | No |
| Cite This For Me | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Yes |
| Citation Machine | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Yes |
| BibMe | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Yes |
| EasyBib | ✔ | No (not free) | No (not free) | ✔ | Yes |
Click on an image below to view Schewe Library's citation guides.
Click on an image below to access the official handbooks and manuals for the APA, MLA, and Chicago styles.
You are welcome to contact us individually at:
Elora Agsten - Research Services Librarian
217.245.3117
Jaeda Calaway - Information Literacy Instructor and Student Research Support Specialist
217.245.3207
Example 1