You will want to follow your instructor's expectations when choosing which citation format to use. The SMSU Library's Citation help link provides recommended resources to use as well as tools that can help you create citations.
Speech Center Location and Mission:
The Speech Center is located on the fifth floor of the McFarland Library in BA 511, near The Writing Center. The Speech Center consultants will provide free tutoring for all students for any course that requires public speaking or group presentations. The student does not need to be enrolled in a public speaking course.
Tutors can provide examples of all outline arrangements, research sources, help brainstorm topics and help with delivery techniques.
The Speech Center is equipped with a camera and recording equipment along with all “smart facilities” needed. All students will be able to practice their speeches or group presentations, using any visual aids they may have, record the practice speeches and presentations to then playback for critiquing of what they do well and what aspects of the presentation they need to improve or strengthen.
OneSearch as well as most of the databases provides shortcuts to citations. When you identify a book or article you'll likely use in your paper or speech, look for a shortcut to the citation for that resource. It's usually there...and it can be a great time saver!
Note that the citations are not always 100% correct, but they are a good starting point and have the basic information you need to create a citation. Usually the errors have to do with capitalization, italics/underlining, or punctuation. Double-check them!
We have print copies of these major citation formats at the Reference Desk. These copies are for in-house use only (although we do have one circulating copy as well as older editions that are available for checkout).