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FREE citation tool for MLA style: EasyBib.com
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The bibliography is a crucial part of a project; it brings all of the research together and gives the paper credibility. Yet preparing the citations is a detailed and sometimes tedious process.
EasyBib can help. As one fan said on Facebook (thank you, Aliyah Hauser Prontaut!) EasyBib is like a calculator for your English paper.
EasyBib is simple to use: select a source, fill out the form (title, author,ISBN), then export to Word. EasyBib formats your works cited page in MLA format, ready to go.
EasyBib is online and accessible anywhere.
The good news:
- Find books by title, author, even ISBN number (check on the inside of the book); EasyBib will fill in the details
- Formats both website and online journal citations
- Saves citations in one place, so students can return to it or review past research
- Creates the entire bibliography in Word, ready to be used (even at the last minute!)
The bad news:
- APA, Chicago and Harvard are all features of the PAID site (only MLA is FREE.)
- Ads and sound on site
- Some citations have errors; recommend Owl at Purdue for double checking citations.
Be an intelligent researcher! Use tools, but use them WISELY.
9 Comments
May 25th, 2010 at 8:11 pm
Easybib is an excellent site, but personally i prefer noodletools for generating citations. Plus APA is free.
December 7th, 2010 at 8:26 pm
Looks like an amazing application for college students. Great advice.
February 17th, 2011 at 1:21 pm
Fantastic opportunity for the students to take help from Easybib. Nicely organized.
February 17th, 2011 at 1:30 pm
Very glad to hear about the Easybib. It would be helpful for the students.
March 24th, 2011 at 6:33 am
In Germany there was recently a scandal about citation: Guttenberg, minister of defense, had the most part of his dissertation copy ‘n pasted from lots of uncited sources. He retreated some weeks ago. Hope everyone learns his lesson.
April 20th, 2011 at 11:27 am
There are many tools available to help students format correct. Even Microsoft Word has formatting features for several styles including MLA and APA.
May 5th, 2011 at 8:39 pm
Big fan of EasyBib. Been using it for a while.
May 12th, 2011 at 10:59 am
Extremely useful for me as a student. I will use this tool from now on to do my citations. Bravo!
May 17th, 2011 at 7:33 am
I’m glad I found this tool. Thank you!
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