Research Guides: Design: Citation Manuals

Syracuse University Writing Center

On campus help with your paper.

Writing and Citing

How to Write a Good Paper

Purdue University Online Writing Lab-OWL
Use the site map( right corner) to find the area you need help with.

What's a DOI?

What IS a DOI anyway?

A DOI, or Digital Object Identifier, is a string of numbers and letters that will permanently identify your article regardless of any changes to its URL. Publishers usually assign a work a doi when it is published. Here's an example:

DOI:10.1177/10483713211012432

Friar, Kendra Kay. “Scott Joplin: A Guide for Music Educators PART II—King of Ragtime Composers.” Journal of General Music Education 35, no. 1 (October 2021): 6–14. https://doi.org/10.1177/10483713211012432.

Citation Style Manuals: Chicago

Chicago Style 18th Edition

Chicago Manual of Style Online (library subscription) with full rules and examples.
Chicago Style Quick Guide (free site) with examples for common formats such as articles, books, book chapters

Citation Tutorials for Chicago Style

For all tutorials below, please log in with your SU Net ID and password if you are off campus

If the library does not have it?

ILLiad, the Automated System for Interlibrary Borrowing
Inter Library Loan

WorldCat (FirstSearch)
Offers millions of bibliographic records. Includes records representing 400 languages and manuscripts written as early as the 11th century.

Citation Management Tools

Once you choose your citation style, pick a citation manager to help!

EndNote -- See the ITS website on EndNote for license and purchase options for faculty/staff/students. Work on your own computer; Powerful tool for manuscript preparation; Organize documents and images
Zotero -- Open source citation tool; Capture web pages and other new media

Need help with citation managers? Email librarians here at SU for help or to request an instruction session citations@listserv.syr.edu