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.
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.
| Service | MLA 9th | APA 7th | Chicago 17th | Cite Websites? | Ads? |
| BibGuru | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | No |
| MyBib | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | No |
| Google Scholar | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | No | No |
| Cite This For Me | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Yes |
| Zotero Bib | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Yes |
| BibMe | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Yes |
| EasyBib | ✔ | No (not free) | No (not free) | ✔ | Yes |
The above websites will help you to build an individual citation from scratch or just a URL. For citation machines that allow you to not only cite sources but also organize them, we recommend Zotero or Mendeley. Both work for PC or Mac, phone or computer, and can be downloaded into your search engines as plugins or be web-based through a website.
If you are using CSE citation, you may find that many databases do not auto-generate this citation style. Zotero (both the downloadable and web-based version) does have CSE as an option or you can write out the citation by hand. Below are some resources to help you understand CSE citation style and it's rules:
CSE Citation Style Quick Guide
You are welcome to contact us individually at:
Jaeda Calaway - Information Literacy Instructor and Student Research Support Specialist
217.245.3207
McKenna Jacquemet - Research Services and Information Literacy Librarian
217.245.3117
Bree Kirsch - Director of the Library
217.245.3573
Example 1