Guides: Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering: Writing & Citing

Citing Your Work

When you write a research paper or report you need to include a bibliography or a list of the books, articles, or other publications that you used in your research.The pieces of information used to describe a specific publication are grouped together to make up a citation or a bibliographic citation.

Why you need to cite your sources:

Let your readers know that what you write is based on established research, that you didn't just make it up.
Help readers who want to retrace your steps or recreate your work.
Demonstrate your knowledge of the field and your familiarity with the professional literature.

Citation Guides

OWL Purdue
Online Writing Lab of Purdue University. Examples of how to cite various sources. Includes examples of how to create in-text citations, as well as citations for your references page.
CPP Library Citation Guide
This guide has three basic modules to help you learn the following: why we cite, where we find the information to create citations, and how to create citations in a specific style.

More for Writers

Writing Guidelines for Engineering and Science Students
This website provides guidance and models for the types of documents written by engineers - lab reports, progress reports, instructions, etc. Also included are writing exercises and hints for presentations.
CPP Guidelines Master's Thesis/Project
If you're in a master's program study these guidelines before you start your thesis or project.

Citation Managers

EndNote Web
Endnote Online is a FREE tool that can be used to create and manage citations for all your research projects.

Zotero
A free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, cite, and share your research sources. It lives right where you do your work—in the web browser itself.

Zotero Introduction
A gide to using Zotero to collect, organize, and cite your sources.