Online Library Resources
The Library can help you with your research! You can Ask a Librarian for help via email, phone, text, Zoom, and face-to-face. We have black-belts in research and are happy to help! Contact us!
Additional Resources:
APA is a style most commonly used in the social and behavioral sciences, health care, natural sciences, humanities, and more. It was created to "codify the many components of scientific writing to increase the ease of reading comprehension" (About APA Style).
Enroll in APA Library Workshop
Citation Generators - Google "Citation Generator" for free programs that help create citations.
FREE for Students - Office 365. This Microsoft office product has templates to format APA and MLA.
SEE "Check My Work" on this webpage for Coastline face to face or online tutors to help check APA and MLA in your assignments.
Remember you can find citations in the Library Databases also!
MLA style is most commonly used to cite sources within the language arts, cultural studies, and other humanities disciplines (MLA OWL).
Enroll in MLA Library Workshop
Citation Generators - Google "Citation Generator" for free programs that help create citations.
FREE for Students - Office 365. This Microsoft office product has templates to format APA and MLA.
SEE "Check My Work" on this webpage for Coastline face to face or online tutors to help check APA and MLA in your assignments.
Remember you can find citations in the Library Databases also!
The Coastline Library subscribes to eBooks & Databases that have thousands of peer-reviewed articles, scholarly journals, newspapers, and eBooks for Coastline students and staff. Find Library Databases organized by subject on the eBooks & Databases page. Each database has a video that shows you how to use that resource. Search the Library Catalog for all library content. Explore Google Scholar to find more articles and learn how to find Coastline resources on Google Scholar.
Coastline eBooks & Databases
Coastline Library Catalog
Need Help? Contact the Coastline Library. We can help you with your research. Visit the Coastline Library YouTube Channel. We answer lots of student questions on YouTube!
Coastline students with a current student ID may use the general library collections (not textbooks) at the following Community College Libraries in Orange County:
Students may also use the Library at Cal State Long Beach (CSULB) with a current student ID.
Orange County Public Library has 33 branch libraries across Orange County that students can use to study, check out books, use computers, print, and more!
Take this Avoiding Plagiarism Library Workshop at Coastline! Click this link to Self-enroll in the CCCNB Library Workshops. The whole workshop should take about an hour to complete.
See "Check my work" above for online tutoring options to have a tutor review your work for free!