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Citing Sources with Easybib

Choose your source from the tabs.

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Citing a Website 1) Copy & paste the web address into this

spot, click on “Autocite” & then fill in

any blanks that are left unfilled.

2) Circled boxes are the most important

to complete, but you should try to fill

in all of them if possible.

3) Sometimes the site isn’t written by an

author, but by a group of people. In

that case, list it in the “last/corp.” box.

Ex) The Associated Press.

4) Websites often add ‘extra stuff’ to

their titles. Make sure you check this!

**If your website is not listed in green as

credible, consider using another site

instead**

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Citing a Book 1) Type your book title or

ISBN number into this spot,

click on “Autocite” & then

fill in any blanks you can

find.

2) Circled boxes are the most

important to complete.

3) If your book is part of a

series or has more than

one edition or volume, you

need to fill in the advanced

info!

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Copy & Paste a

Citation Part 1

1) Copy the citation from the

source. (Usually at the

bottom of the source).

2) On Easybib, select “All 58

Options”.

3) Under “Other”, select

“Write/paste citation”.

4) Paste your copied citation

into the box.

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Copy & Paste a

Citation Part 2

5) When you paste the

citation, the formatting

will be removed. You

will need to use the

html codes provided to

underline or add italics.

6) Select “Create

Citation”.

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Citing a Picture

1) Select “All 58 options”

from the main page &

then “Photograph”.

2) If the photo doesn’t have

an official title, name it

something that represents

the picture.

3) Try to find the information

to fill in all the boxes.

4) Select the tab that

matches where you found

the picture.

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Citing a Picture from a Website 1) The website title will

never be “Google” or

“Bing” because those

are search engines. The

website title is where

the picture is actually

posted on the internet.

2) Try to find the publisher

of the website that

contains the picture.

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Citing a Picture from a Database

1) Select the “Online

Database” tab.

2) Most databases will

provide all the

information you need

to create a citation.

3) Some databases we use

are EBSCO, Gale, and

Opposing Viewpoints.

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Citing a Movie from a

Website 1) Select “All 58 options” from the main

page & then select “Film/Online Video”.

2) Select the “Online” tab.

3) If the movie doesn’t have an official

title, name it something that represents

the movie.

4) The website title will never be “Google”

or “Bing” because those are search

engines. The website title is where the

movie is actually posted on the internet.

5) Try to find the publisher of the website

that contains the movie.

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Citing a Movie from a

Database 1) Select “All 58 options” from the

main page & then select “Film/

Online Video”.

2) Select the “Online Database” tab.

3) Most databases will provide all

the information you need to

create a citation.

4) Some databases we use are

EBSCO, Gale, and Opposing

Viewpoints.

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Citing Music from a

Website

1) Select “All 58 options” from the main

page, and then select “Musical

Recording”.

2) Select the “Online” tab.

3) The website title will never be “Google”

or “Bing” because those are search

engines. The website title is where the

music is actually posted on the internet.

4) Try to find as much information as

possible.

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Citing Music from a

Database 1) Select “All 58 options” from the

main page, and then select

“Musical Recording.”

2) Select the “Online Database” tab.

3) Most databases will provide all

the information you need to

create a citation.

4) Some databases we use are

EBSCO, Gale, and Opposing

Viewpoints.

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Citing Articles from a

Database 1 1) Some databases we use are EBSCO, Gale,

and Opposing Viewpoints.

2) First, check to see if the citation is provided,

if so, follow the directions for Copying &

Pasting a Citation. If not, select “Database”

from the main page.

3) Choose what kind of database article you

are trying to cite.

4) If you don’t know, just choose Article

published by database. You will usually be

able to figure out if the article is from a

magazine/newspaper,/journal or book/

encyclopedia.

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Citing Articles from a

Database 2

5) Most databases will provide all the

information you need to create a

citation.