LibGuides: Music: Citing Your Resource

Citation Guides

Style Manuals and Writing Guides
A list of citation guides such as MLA, APA, and Turabian to help you with your research.
MLA Guide from Purdue OWL
MLA's guide from The Purdue University Writing Lab and Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL).
Chicago/Turabian Writing Guide
From The Writer's Handbook at the Writing Center at The University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Citing Music Sources in Your Essay and Bibliography
Western Libraries 2007 version for music that includes examples taken from the Turabian guide.
Writing About Music: A Style Sheet From the Editors of 19th Century Music
A classic book by D. Kern Holoman located in the compact shelving units of Perry Library. Call no: ML63 .W68 1988
Writing About Music: An Introductory Guide
Book by Richard Wingell located in the compact shelving units of Perry Library. Call no: ML3797 .W54 1990
A Style and Usage Guide to Writing about Music
Book by Thomas Donahue located in the compact shelving units at Perry Library. Call no: ML3797 .D76 2010.

Zotero
Free plug-in for Mozilla Firefox allows you to import and organize citations as well as attach PDFs from your computer. Citations and PDFs can be synced to a free online Zotero account.
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