Citation Help

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Citing your sources is one aspect of using information ethically. When you cite a source, you give credit to the people on whose work you are building and you make it possible to trace ideas to their sources. You also add credibility to your own work by demonstrating that you did your research, based your conclusions on reliable information, and engaged in the traditions of academic research.

It's not cheating to use citation generators like NoodleTools or EasyBib, or to copy and paste citations for article from the databases into your Works Cited page! These are all tools that you can use to help you build your Works Cited page.

Cite It Guides 

Handouts you can print or save that give examples of formatting for some very commonly cited types of sources - books, eBooks, articles from collections of essays, articles from databases, and webpages.

Most of your work will be in MLA format - see a sample MLA Works Cited Page here, and check out the guides below. 
Need a visual to help you find all that information in your source? Check out the quick videos in this playlist, showing you where to look in your source for all the information you need.

Other Helpful Websites & Tips

  • Purdue's Online Writing Lab's guides include examples and citations for a wide range of types of sources, even newer online forms of communication, like blogs, wikis, and tweets, for MLA, Chicago, and APA formats.
  • If the source you want to cite is from a database, look around the page for citation information. Most databases either provide the citation or have a built-in citation generator. 
  • The Chicago Manual of Style Online’s Quick Guide gives the basics of citation formatting in Chicago. 





Questions? Need help? Talk to Ms. Charpentier in the library, or send her an email at echarpentier@uxbridge.k12.ma.us.