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CITATIONS

A citation is the information that identifies an article, book, chapter, or other information resource. Think of a citation as simply telling you what's been published.

Use style guides to write your citations in the style your instructor or publisher wants you to use: MLA, APA, Chicago, etc.

Hint: Write down (cite) your sources as you work with them, rather than coming back to them after your paper is nearly finished and then trying to find and write down the necessary information.


Citation and Bibliograpy Composers
KnightCite - Bibliography Composer. A free citation maker from Calvin College that creates citations in the MLA, APA, and Chicago styles through an easy-to-use web form. You can copy-and-paste the correctly formatted citation into your document.
Citation Builder - Illustrates differences among several major styles of citing information sources. It begins by asking: What type of information source do you have?
This free citation maker from No. Carolina State University creates citations in the MLA, APA, and Chicago styles through an easy-to-use web form. You can copy-and-paste the correctly formatted citation into your document.
Easybib - MLA bibliography composer. The free version is loaded with advertisements.

Citations to journal articles typically include:
    author
    title of article
    title of journal*
    volume number*
    issue number*
    page numbers*
    date
*most important parts to help you find the article in the library.

Examples
(Note: The following examples use the APA style for citations.)

Journal Article
Magazine Article
Book
Chapter from a book
Website
Government Document

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