Creating a Media Business: MSP 4614 / 8614

Research help for the courses, MSP 4614 / 8614: Creating a Media Business.

Citation Generator & Organization Tools

Use any of these citation generators to quickly create citations.

Use with caution, though. Not all are 100% accurate. Some miss finer details like capitalization or punctuation. Proof the final citations according to a style manual.

ZoteroBib
Cut & paste article info to get one-off citations, or to format the references for one paper. It can use any of Zotero's gazillion styles, and there are no ads.
RefWorks
RefWorks is a web-based citation management tool available for free to the Temple community. Use it for storing, organizing, formatting, and sharing your citations.
Zotero
Zotero is a free desktop application that downloads to your computer, helping you collect, manage, and cite your research sources.

Help from Purdue OWL

The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) contains writing resources and instructional materials focused on the writing process, academic writing, mechanics, grammar, punctuation, and more.

 The Purdue OWL has been the go-to resource for researchers and librarians for many years. It is still a good resource despite the advertisements (they partnered with Chegg).

Video Tutorials on Citing Sources

Using Other People's Ideas (3min)
Learn the differences between summarizing, paraphrasing, quoting, and plagiarizing.
Citation: A (Very) Brief Introduction (2min)
Learn what citations are and why we use them.
Why Cite? (3 min)
Learn some of the reasons why it is important to cite sources when writing a research paper.
What Are In-Text Citations? (3min)