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WHEN DO I CITE A SOURCE?

When doing research, you need to list or ´citeµ the

resources you looked at for your information.

This includes print and non-print resources (books,

encyclopedias, magazine articles, websites)
CITING A BOOK«
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Author (s)

Title (Be careful not to select the ´seriesµ title)

Place of Publication (name of a city, underneath

publisher usually)

Publisher (found at the bottom usually)

Copyright Date (year, usually next page)

CITING A BOOK CONTINUED«

With the place of publication (city) ² when more

than one city is listed, you select the city that is
in our country:
New York, London, Paris, Sydney

If the city is not a well-known one, you should also

include the 2-letter state abbreviation:
River Edge, NJ
CITING AN ENCYCLOPEDIA
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Author of the article (If one is given: go to end of

article to find)

Title of the article (What you looked up)

Name of Encyclopedia

Copyright date or edition (year; can check cover, if

not go to title page)
CITING A MAGAZINE

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Author of the article

Title of the article

Title of the magazine

Magazine date (or issue): remember magazines come

out, weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, bi-monthly or
quarterly

Page or page numbers

CITING A WEBSITE
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Look for an author / creator of site

Give the title of web page

Give the title of website

If possible, look for the date the website was created

Look for the address of the website (www«)

Give the date you looked at the website and you list the
day, then the month, then the year
ÖORMAT ÖOR A WORKS CITED PAGE
A works cited page goes at the end of your report
and or presentation.

You will list all your resources in alphabetical

order, first by author·s last name, then by title
if no author is given.

Double space between each resource, if you have to

type onto a second line indent 5 spaces. Use the
correct punctuation.
USING EASY BIB
Once you have all the information for your sources
you may then use the website www.easybib.com
to help you with your citation format

In order for your citation to be correct ² YOU

MUST ÖILL IN ALL THE NECESSARY
INÖORMATION OR IT WILL NOT BE
CORRECT.

If you have filled in the information correctly, then

your works cited page/slide should look
something as follows«
SAMPLE WORKS CITED PAGE
Conversi, Leonard W. "Literature, The Art of: Drama: Tragedy: Theory
of Tragedy." Britannica CD 97. CD-ROM. Encyclopaedia Britannica,
1997 ed.
ë ample ncyclopedia)

Harris, Jim. Getting Employees to Öall in Love with Your Company.

New York: AMACOM, 1996. NetLibrary. Richland Coll. Lib., Dallas.
25 Oct. 2001 <http://www.netlibrary.com>.
ë ample
ebsite)

Klein, Joe. "They·re Back." Newsweek Interactive 6 Mar. 1995. Prodigy.

2 Dec. 1995.
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Walker, Alice. The Color Purple. New York: Pocket Books-Washington

Square, 1982.
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