LibGuides: Public Humanities: Citing & Writing

Citing in Papers and Other Works

For Brown Library books that can be checked out or read online, use this subject heading: Bibliographical citations.

Chicago Manual of Style Quick Guide
Easy to use guide for looking up bibliography and footnote formats.
Chicago Manual of Style Online Book
The full, searchable digital version of this resource.
The OWL (Online Writing Lab) at Purdue University
A comprehensive resource, including MLA style examples.
Documentary Filmmakers' Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use
From the Center for Social Media, American University.
Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video
From the Center for Social Media, American University.
Citing Images
Clear examples for MLA, Chicago, APA from Colgate University Visual Resources Library. Includes examples from various sources and different types of artworks plus architecture.
Crediting a Photo Used Online
Some helpful tips.
Audiovisual Citation Project
British Universities Film & Video Council guidelines for the citation of moving image and sound.

Citation Managers and More

Brown supports several citation managers, including EndNote, Mendeley, and Zotero. Please see the page below for descriptions. links, and comparisons of the software.

Citation Management
Information on citation, citation management software, plagiarism, copyright, fair use, and creative commons