You will always want to give credit to the work of other researchers whose research has helped you gather evidence or formulate a claim or argument in your own research. The way to do this is by thoroughly and accurately citing the sources you looked at and have incorporated into your own research paper or presentation.
There are several common styles for citing your sources (see How Do You Cite below). For this paper in Dr. Lopez' class, the default citation is MLA, but you are welcome to use a different official citation style that you are more familiar with, as long as you do so consistently and according to the style requirements.
Make sure you are accurately using citations within the body of your paper (with in-text citations, or possibly footnotes or endnotes) and that you include a properly formatted works cited, references page, or bibliography at the end of your paper.
APA, or the American Psychological Association, style is typically used in the social sciences, business, and nursing. APA in-text citations include the author's last name, date, and when directly referencing content from another source, the page number in parentheses (i.e. (last name, date, p. # ) ). See the resources linked below for more information on how to cite using APA.
MLA, or the Modern Language Association, style is typically used in the humanities, specially language arts and cultural studies. For in-text citations, MLA requires the page number and the author's last name in either the sentence or the parenthetical citation (i.e. (Brown, 78) ). Please see the links below for more details on how to cite with MLA.
Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS) is typically used is history, english, and art disciplines. It uses endnotes or footnotes for citations, and it includes a bibliography at the end that includes all works cited in your research as well as other sources used but not necessarily cited that may be helpful for other researchers and readers of your work. For more information on citing with the Chicago Manual of Style, please see the resources linked below.
IEEE (pronounced "I--Triple--E") is typically used in technical fields, such as computer science and engineering. IEEE style uses brackets (i.e. [1] ) for in-text citations. See the resources linked below for more details on citing in IEEE style.
Citation generators are built into most databases, as well as the Libraries' main catalog. They are really helpful and can save a lot of time when having to cite your sources. But, they are not perfect!
You will need to verify that each automatically generated citation is accurate and has all the necessary information before submitting your final paper or project. Review the examples provided by the Purdue Online Writing Lab for help with this.
To generate a citation in the Libraries' catalog, follow these steps:
1. From a catalog record page, click on the Citation option under the Send to section.
2. Select the correct citation style from the left-hand side of the pop-up. You can then copy the generated citation to a document you are using to keep track of your references.
To generate a citation from a specific database (e.g. Anthropology Plus), follow these steps:
1. Look for a Citation option from the right-side menu.
2. Once you've clicked on Citation, you will get a popup that allows you to copy and past the generated citation. Make sure you're using the right style!
