Citing Sources

Why do you cite sources?

Avoid plagiarismAcknowledge work done by previous researchersGive credibility to your workBuild knowledge

What is plagiarism?

Failing to: Cite quotations and borrowed ideas

Enclose borrowed language in quotation marks (limit use of quotations)

Put summaries and paraphrases in your own words

What are the formatting guidelines?

MLA (Modern Language Association): English and some humanities

APA (American Psychological Association): psychology, social science

CMS (The Chicago Manual of Style): history and other humanities

The Blue Book (Harvard): law

Discipline specific

Where do citations go?

In-text (within paper) …the researchers publish their findings (Blaine et al. 35).

Endnote/footnote (at bottom of page)

13. Brian Steel Wills, A Battle from the Start: The Life of Nathan Bedford Forrest (New York: HarperCollins, 1992), 187.

Entry in List of Works Cited (at end of paper)

Adams, Scott. Dilbert and the Way of the Weasel. New York: Harper 2002. Print.

Formatting Example: MLA Authors

Single author: Walker, Janice R.Multiple authors: Walker, Janice R., and Todd Taylor

Wilmut, Ian, Keith Campbell and Colin Tudge

4+: Sloan, Frank A., et al.Repeated author: ---

MLA: McGrath, Anne. “A Loss of Foreign Talent.” US News and World Report 22 Nov. 2004: 76. Print.

APA:Hoxby, C. M. (2002, January). The power of peers. Education Next, 2, 57-63.

CMS:Bissell, Tom. “Improvised, Explosive, and Divisive.” Harper’s, January 2006.

Style Guide Comparison—Periodicals

Activity

Select :2 newspaper articles from 2 different sources, and 2 periodical articles from two different sources. Cite these 4 sources using a format from your Style Guide.