Page 4 is all about source citation. Citing sources in research is necessary for several reasons. Most importantly it gives credit to other researchers for the work they have done, but it also helps avoid plagiarism, allows other researchers to verify information in the documents being read and proves that you have thoroughly used resources that are available to you. There are several ways to cite your sources, sometimes called a references page and we will have a minimal overview of the three main citation styles on this page. There will also be links to other websites that offer in-depth guides on citation styles.
Most commonly used in your English Comp classes, Speech classes. MLA (Modern Language Association) citation is most likely what incoming college freshmen are familiar with due to the prevalent of use in high-school.
Frequently has the following elements:
Author, title of resource, title of publication, other contributors, the version and number of the work, the publisher and publication date as well as where the work was published.
See below for a basic citation. Take careful note of the punctuation such as comas or periods.
Book:
Last Name,First Name of Author. The title of the physical or print source in Italics. Year of publication.
Periodical:
Last name, First Name. "The article or title in quotation marks" The Journal where the publication was found in italics, vol. #, no. #, year published, pp. #-# (pages found on). Database name, doi (digital object identifier): copy doi here.
For further examples on a variety of different resources such as songs, tweets and youtube videos please use the following guide from The Purdue OWL
American Psychological Association, or APA is commonly used in social sciences, business and nursing but it provides guidelines for citations in academic papers across disciplines. While English and composition classes use MLA, most sciences will use APA because there is a stronger emphasis on when the research was done.
Links to in-depth guides can be found linked below.
Commonly used in History, Literature and the Arts.
Links to style guides found below.
