Academics · Subject Resources

Every source, found again
when you need it.

The bibliography is written at midnight from browser history because nobody wrote the sources down as they went. Add each source when you first use it, with the pages and what it was for. The organizer drafts each reference entry in APA or MLA order, lists them alphabetically and flags sources with no author, no access date or a reason not to trust them.

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Sources

The worked example is made up around a paper on honeybee decline: a book, a government web page and a 2011 blog post with no author that is selling products. Saved on this device only.

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What you get

Academics · Subject Resources$5

What you finish with
A record per source: project, kind, author, year, title, publisher or site, link, access date, style, what it was used for and four credibility checks. Builds a draft reference entry in APA 7 or MLA 9 order and works out the source’s age; lists draft entries alphabetically; flags missing access dates for MLA web sources, no author, sources over ten years old, commercial sources, unchecked claims and mixed styles.
Who it is for
Students in grades 6 to 12 and college writing research papers and reports.
Format
Browser organizer with a saved record per source. Prints one source, every source in a table or a blank source log; downloads a spreadsheet (.csv); exports and imports a file.
Access
$5 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with the Caveat Academy pass and Whole-school licenses. Also in the Study skills kit ($29) and the Academics Suite pass ($149), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Subject Resources space in Caveat Academics.
Support
Questions about access, an order or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.

How to use it

  1. Add a source the moment you use it.
  2. Write the pages and what you took from it.
  3. Check who wrote it and what others say about it.
  4. Pick one style for the whole paper.
  5. Copy the entries, then add italics.

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Citation styles

The same book, two stylesStyleDraft entryAPA 7Seeley, T. D. (2019). The lives of bees.Princeton University Press.MLA 9Seeley, Thomas D. The Lives of Bees.Princeton University Press, 2019.The same book, two stylesAPA 7Draft entry: Seeley, T. D. (2019). The lives of bees.Draft entry: Princeton University Press.MLA 9Draft entry: Seeley, Thomas D. The Lives of Bees.Draft entry: Princeton University Press, 2019.
APA uses sentence case and the year after the author; MLA uses title case and the year near the end. Both set book titles in italics, which this organizer leaves to your word processor.

Drafts, not final entries

The entries here put the parts in the right order for a book or a web page. They do not set italics, and they do not cover every case: editions, translators, journal volumes and issue numbers. Check each one against the APA or MLA guide or your teacher’s handout before you hand in the paper.

Read sideways

Fact-checkers judge a website by leaving it: they search for the site or author and see what others say. Two minutes of lateral reading is the quickest way to spot a source that is selling something or has no expertise.

Sources

  1. American Psychological Association (2020). Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.).
  2. Modern Language Association (2021). MLA Handbook (9th ed.).
  3. Wineburg, S. and McGrew, S. (2019). Lateral reading and the nature of expertise. Teachers College Record, 121(11).
  4. Purdue Online Writing Lab. APA and MLA formatting and style guides (owl.purdue.edu).

The worked example is made up; check every entry against the style guide. Nothing you type is sent to Caveat. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.