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ENGL 1302 SO McAdams

This guide has been designed to assist you in your research for Dr. Ruth McAdams' ENGL 1302 assignments.

Citations

Many students wait until they finish writing their paper before citing their sources. They may find themselves “on a roll,” and will not want to stop to check or to cite their sources, thinking they will add their citations later. It is a better idea to cite your sources as you find them and use them.  Use these tips to help ensure that documenting your sources is quick and easy!

  1. When you decide to use a source, be sure to copy all the information required to develop a citation.
  2. When you add a quote to your paper, document the page number (or the paragraph number if no page number is present) of where the quote was found.
  3. Also, be careful when you cut and paste your quote from one of our database articles to your paper. It is all too easy, while writing, to cut and paste a quotation without also jotting down the citation information. Forgetting to document a source is considered plagiarism.

The best way to make sure you do not forget to cite the sources you use - cite while you write!

 

You will primarily be citing your sources in MLA format.  We have a lot of tools that can help with this.  If you need to create original citations, refer to the library's Style Citation, MLA handout or stop by the library or the Writing Center for help.

Most of the library databases will create an MLA citation for you.  Look around for the Cite or Cite This link on the article page.  If you email the article to yourself, the email window usually asks which citation style you need.  If you have any trouble finding this, please contact the library.

If you are using your own MLA Style book, make sure it is the 8th edition!

Other Citation Resources

 

 

There is a copy of the MLA Handbook For Writers of Research Papers by Joseph Gibaldi in the reference collection at each campus. This is the official style guide published by the Modern Language Association, and contains a wealth of information on how to cite sources as well as how to format your paper.

Note: Students should check with their instructor or campus library to determine acceptable style format. Remember, your instructor is the final authority for all citation questions.

 

 

Below are links to PDF documents giving citation examples for MLA style.

Northeast, Northwest, South, and Trinity River Campuses use:

MLA 8 Style Examples

MLA 7 Style Examples

Southeast Campus uses:

MLA Style Examples