[Private] HUMA 2400 - Approaches to Humanities in China Studies: Writing & Citing

Writing Guides - Recommended by HUMA 2400 Professors

• A Student's Guide to Writing in East Asian Studies 
• A Guide to Writing a Senior Thesis in History and Literature –
• Linguistics and Language: A Research Guide

Remember to record citation information for each book, book chapter, article, or web-document you read for your research

• Author(s) - (who wrote it)
• Title - (what the article is called)
• Source - (title of the periodical or larger work it appeared in)
• Volume & Issue numbers  (if available)
• Date of publication
• Page numbers
• DOI or URL or both

Guide to Chicago Manual of Style citation by the Online Writing Center (OWL) at Purdue University

Guide of MLA Style citation by the Online Writing Center (OWL) at Purdue University

RefWorks

• A Library provided software
• Helps you manage your bibliographic references
• Makes it easier to write your papers and thesis
• Available (on campus & remotely) to all HKUST students and staff

There will be special classes on how to use it later in the semester.This User Guide  will help you.

Citation Machine
A free online source that allows you to cut and paste information into boxes and automatically generate a citation. It's simpler and more basic than RefWorks.

1. RefWorks on YouTube - these online videos will walk you through from RefWorks basics to all advance features. For example:
   1. Accessing RefWorks & Creating an Account & Logging in  (2 min, 53 sec)
   2. Adding References to RefWorks with Direct Export  (2 min 14 sec)
2. RefWorks Help File - A complete instruction manual for RefWorks 2.0.