First Year Experience

What's the difference between scholarly and popular sources?

Check out this guide from the NCSU Libraries: 

Scholarly and Popular Materials

And this video from Carnegie Vincent Libraries:

Want tips for how to do the research for assignments in the First Year Seminar course? Below you'll see the step-by-step process of finding information about different subjects & disciplines.

(Just click through each step. Use the arrow navigation on the lower left to move throughout slides.)

APA

APA Style Guide: Library Research Guide

• The Library's guide to APA formatting - almost every type of source you can think of!
• Use the tabs to find examples for different types of sources.

OWL at Purdue: APA Format

• Purdue's Online Writing Lab is a detailed and reliable source for finding writing and citation help.
• Use the menu at left to find your type of source.

APA Style Blog

• The official companion to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Sixth Edition. It's run by a group of experts who work with APA Style every day.
• Really good resource for those hard to cite sources! (For example, how do you cite a YouTube channel?)

MLA 

OWL at Purdue: MLA Format

EasyBib also has some easy to use guides on citing your sources in MLA format:

• 7th Edition
• NEW: 8th Edition (check with your professor on which you should be using!)

Chicago

Chicago Manual of Style - Quick Guide

• Easy to use guide with examples.

OWL at Purdue: Chicago Format

• Helpful if you need more specific info. on citing films, interviews, etc. Use the menu at left to find your type of source.