Library Guides: Cite Your Sources: Introduction

Welcome!

Welcome to Cite Your Sources.

If you need help citing sources correctly, please feel free to contact us. We are happy to help!

Why Citations Are Important
If you're a student, you're probably familiar with citations. But why do we use them? This short video (3:33) explains the value of the citation system both for the original author, for you as the student and for human knowledge as a whole..
Citation Anatomy Activity
a drag n' drop exercise to teach you how to identify parts of a work that are needed in an citation

Citing or documenting your sources does two main things:

First, citations give proper credit to the author of a source.
Second, citations help others to track down the sources that you used for their own research purposes. Accuracy and attention to detail are important.

Always check with your faculty about which style he or she prefers.

BibMe.org
creates citations in APA, MLA, Chicago, and Harvard
Citation Builder
Convenient formatting tool for APA and MLA
KnightCite Citation Service
Formatting tool for APA, MLA and Chicago Manual of Style
Mendeley
free reference manager software that can help organize your research by generating bibliographies, collaborating online with other researchers, and discovering new research
Zotero
free, downloadable software to help you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources

Documenting Print Sources: APA
based on the 6th ed. of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
Documenting Electronic Sources: APA
based on the 6th ed. of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
Documenting Print Sources: Chicago: Footnotes/ Endnotes
based on 16th ed. of the The Chicago Manual of Style
Documenting Electronic Sources: Chicago: Footnote/ Endnote
based on the 16th ed. of The Chicago Manual of Style
Documenting Sources: Chicago: Bibliographies
based on the 16th ed. of The Chicago Manual of Style
Documenting Print Sources: MLA
based on the 7th ed. of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers
Documenting Electronic Sources: MLA
based on the 7th ed. of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers

This guide was adapted from http://dordt.libguides.com/citations and used with permission from the Hulst Library/Dordt College.