Research Guides: Environmental Studies: Writing & Citation

Writing in Environmental Studies

Follow your professor's instruction for how to format your paper above all!

Making sense : a student's guide to research and writing : geography and environmental sciences / Margot Northey, David B. Knight, Dianne Draper

Making sense : a student's guide to research and writing : social sciences / Margot Northey, Lorne Tepperman

How to write a lot : a practical guide to productive academic writing / Paul J. Silvia

CU Boulder Writing Center
Located in Norlin Library, the writing center offers writers from across disciplines and skill levels the opportunity to work one-on-one with professionally trained writing consultants.

Citation Styles in Environmental Studies

Environmental Studies professors use different citation styles depending on their sub-discipline and audience. Here are a few handy guides. If your style is not here, try searching the library catalog for a style guide.

Purdue OWL guide to APA style
Everyone's favorite stop for APA guidance.
Purdue OWL guide to MLA style
Purdue OWL also has a great MLA guide.
Chicago Manual of Style Quick Guide
The Quick Guide has handy examples of different types of citations. NOTE: Chicago style has a Notes & Bibliography version and an Author-Date version.

Managing Your Citations

Zotero
Organize your references with Zotero. Plugin for Word allows you to insert formatted citations & reference list painlessly. Integrates seamlessly with Firefox. Chrome users will need to download standalone Zotero + Chrome add on.
Zotero Style Repository
Here you can download "styles" that can be added to Zotero so your bibliography can be automatically formatted. I recommend going to a journal's author guidelines to determine the journal's preferred style, then download it from the above link.