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Poetry

This LibGuide provides information on where to start when you read poetry and how to conduct a Close Reading, as well as general guidelines on how to research for papers.

Citation Style

Citing your sources ... necessary but often tedious.  There are many different "citation styles" (ie: sets of rules for documenting your sources and formatting your paper), but the major two you'll likely encounter are MLA (Modern Languages Association) and APA (American Psychological Association).  Different academic disciplines usually use one or the other (example: English goes MLA, Psychology goes APA).

The databases have citation makers, but they're often wrong (sometimes horribly so). Make sure you use  reliable cheat sheets or citation generators (see below).

The OWL at Purdue

MLA (Modern Languages Association) Citation

APA (American Psychological Association) Citation

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