Skip to Main Content UMKC University Libraries

Criminal Justice and Criminology

A guide for conducting research at UMKC.

Top Citation Styles

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th edition)

ALA is most often used in the disciplines of education, nursing, and social sciences.

MLA Handbook (8th Edition)

MLA is most often used in the disciplines of english, music, philosophy.

Chicago Manual of Style (17th Edition)

Chicago Style is most often used in the disciplines of history and religion.

Citing Your Sources

The Writing Studio offers peer-tutoring to help you at all stages of the writing process from the first to final draft.

They offer workshops and guides on citing sources, plagiarism, writing style, organizing ideas, grammar and punctuation. Visit their website or call (235-1146) to make an appointment.