Step 7: Cite Your Information

It is important to acknowledge the work (intellectual property) of others that you use in your research.  Style manuals are used to document (in a particular format) the various types of resources you may have incorporated into your work:  books, periodicals, government documents, internet sites, interviews, videos, images, etc.  Usually your instructor will indicate which style manual you should use, typically in the Humanities the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers by the Modern Language Association (MLA) is used. For the Social Sciences the APA Publication Manual by the American Psychological Association (APA) Manual is preferred.  The websites below provide citation examples using MLA, APA and other styles.

Please Note - All links point to unofficial online guides

MLA Format Guides
MLA style citation examples - using Mesa Community College Library eresources

Online!: a Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources --MLA Format
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/cite5.html

MLA Examples--Dallas County Community College
http://ollie.dcccd.edu/library/Module4/M4-V/examples.htm

Modern Language Association
http://www.mla.org
(Click on MLA Style, then on Frequently Asked Questions)

Online Writing Lab (OWL)-Using MLA Format - Purdue University
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html

Writer's Workshop University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/writer_resources/citation_styles/mla/mla.htm

MLA Style Manual The University of California Berkeley Library offers basic guidelines and comprehensive examples of MLA Style Citations.

APA Format Guides
APA Style Guide: Paper and Online Sources (from Kingwood College Library)
Cite Electronic Information Resources (APA Style) (from Santa Rosa College)

APA Style-Electronic Resources
http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html

Online!: a Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources --APA Format
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/cite6.html

Online Writing Lab (OWL)-Using APA Format - Purdue University
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_apa.html

Psychology with Style
http://www.uwsp.edu/psych/apa4b.htm

Writer's Workshop University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/writer_resources/citation_styles/apa/apa.htm

APA Style Manual The University of Wisconsin Writing Center's APA Documentation page outlines conventions for abbreviations, capitalization in text, hyphenation, numbers, and quotations.

Tip - Although last updated in 2002, Style Wizard's APA Wizard is a helpful utility for creating a citation per APA's 5th edition.

Additional citation formats for researchers

Landmark Citation Machine
http://citationmachine.net/

Research and Documentation Online by Diana Hacker
http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/home.html

Duke University CSE (Council of Scientific Editors) Style Guide
http://library.duke.edu/research/plagiarism/cite/cse.html

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