CiteNow! generates a citation for a specific document. It can be found in the document navigation bar within any document in the collection. To create a citation for a document, simply click on the CiteNow! icon and choose the citation style that is appropriate for your research. Four citation styles are offered: APA, Chicago, MLA, and Bluebook. APA is the default style.

Citation styles for electronic materials are continually evolving. To provide the most up-to-date citation examples, the CQ Press editorial staff consulted the following:

• The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, 17th ed. (2000)
• The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed. (2003)
• MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 6th ed. (2003)
• Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th ed. (2001)

To better serve our users, citations incorporate document ID numbers and full URLs to the documents even where the above style guides do not require that information. This additional information facilitates locating documents and thereby hews to the spirit of the style guides.

You may also wish to consult the web sites for APA, Chicago, MLA, and Bluebook:

• APA
  http://www.apa.org/journals/acorner.html#pubmanual
• Chicago (The Chicago Manual of Style)
  http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/cmosfaq.html#7
• MLA
  http://www.mla.org
• Bluebook
  http://www.legalbluebook.com

Another citation style you may find helpful:

• AP Style
  http://www.ap.org/pages/order.html#reference

Other online citation resources include:

• Online! A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources by Andrew Harnack and Eugene Kleppinger from Bedford/St. Martin's. Available online at http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/cite7.html#1.
• The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. Available online at http://www.ifla.org/I/training/citation/citing.htm.

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