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American Studies Resources

Online Style Guides & Resources

Chicago Manual of Style Online
Online edition of the official manual
MLA Handbook plus Current MLA style guide that provides guidelines on paper formatting, prose mechanics, quoting and paraphrasing, in-text references, and list of works cited.

MLA Style Center
Official support site of the MLA including style FAQ's and tutorials.
APA Style
Official support site of the APA including guidelines and instructional aids.
Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
Popular and well respected online guide covering multiple style formats.
Kenyon College Writing Center
Link to the Writing Center's home page.

Citation Managers

Zotero
A free tool to help you collect, organize, annotate, and cite research. Available for Mac, Windows, Linux, and iOS.
Diigo
Keep track of webpages you've viewed and organize them with tags.
Evernote
A tool to help manage your many, many tasks.

Obtaining Materials Not at Kenyon

Interlibrary Loan
Upon request, Kenyon’s ILL staff makes every attempt to locate and obtain resources not owned by Kenyon, another CONSORT library, or OhioLINK library. Items may include books, journal and newspaper articles, dissertations, microfilmed materials, and other circulating documents.