INTL ST 101: Introduction to International Studies (Spring 2025) : Citing & Writing
Citing Sources (Tutorial)
- Citing Sources (Tutorial)This tutorial is an introduction to citing sources, including citation styles, citation information, and formatting citations. Citations are a way to acknowledge when you use someone else’s words or ideas. Using someone else’s words or ideas without including a citation is a form of plagiarism, and can be considered academic misconduct.
Chicago Manual Style: resources and examples
Your professor has asked you to use the "Author-Date" citation system from the Chicago Manual of Style/Turabian. Here are resources for and examples of that citation system.
- The Chicago Manual of Style. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006-. (Online): .
- The Chicago Manual of Style, 18th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2024. (Print)
- The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2017. (Print)
- Chicago/Turabian Documentation from The Writing Center @UW-Madison
- Author-Date page
Citation Managers
Citation managers are software that help you collect, organize, share, and cite sources that you find.
More information about citation managers in general at What Is a Citation Manager?
Find out which citation managers the UW-Madison Libraries support at Citation Managers.
Citing Sources Research Guide
The Citing Sources Research Guide provides information about citing sources according to different styles. Select the page for the style you are using. Print manuals and electronic sources with examples of citations for different types of sources are included.
Writing Assistance
Writing Center: The Writing Center provides individual writing assistance appointments in-person and online.The Writing Center provides individual writing assistance appointments in-person and online.
The Writer's Handbook from the UW Writing Center is an online help guide to writing papers in college. The Handbook discusses how to improve your writing style, common college writing assignments, the stages of writing, grammar and punctuation, and how to cite references.
Avoiding Plagiarism
To avoid plagiarism, view
- The Writing Center’s tips on Quoting and Paraphrasing.
- UW-Madison Libraries' tutorial Introduction to Plagiarism.