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Writing and Citations

This is a guide to resources to help with academic writing and citing sources.

Saving Your Citations

Remember to use the permalink (also called stable link) to save the article record of your work. IMPORTANT: Do not just save the URLs from your internet browser. They will not work to get back to an article or online resource.
While searching databases, store the citations in the database folders or marked to be able to email, export, or print them after you completed using the database.

Get Formatted Citations Using ZipSearch and Other Databases

  • Many databases have citation tools that give you a formatted citation in a few major style options.

  • While generally accurate, sometimes there are minor errors, often in capitalization. So, please double-check that the citations are correctly cited.

UA University Libraries' ZipSearch has this functionality, as do other ProQuest and EBSCO databases, JSTOR, Google Scholar, and more.
Image of an example of a citation tool using ZipSearch:

ZipSearch Citation Tool example