Citing Your Sources

(or giving credit, where credit is due)







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The next step is to credit the resources you used.   Listed below are some samples that will model the proper format for crediting your sources as well as two sites for more help.
Why should you cite the sources you used to do a project or write a paper?
  • To get back to that resource if you need to.
  • To give readers a way to find that resource if they need to.
  • So your teacher and your audience know you did the work.

    Samples of specific types of citations are illustrated below, or if you prefer these two links will take you to online sites for citation help.

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    Knight Cite

    Choose type of resource to be cited from homepage menu then fill in the blanks and submit to generate the citation.

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    Citation Machine
    An interactive Web tool designed to assist teachers and students in producing reference citations for crediting information from other people.

    The underlined words on this part of the page are not links, but are the standard format used. Your citations should look like the ones listed below, including the underlines where they are shown. Where you see a *(red star)  Use the date the page was viewed by you if not given the date the work was created by the author.

    Sample Citations: (MLA style)
    BOOK  format:

    Author name. Title. Place: Publisher, Publication Year, pages if not whole book.

    Your citation should look similar to this:
    Smith, Thomas A. Under the Polar Ice Caps. New York: Dell and Brown Press, 1991, pp.47-51

    RADIO OR TELEVISION PROGRAM  format:

    "Title or section name." Program name. Network or station, Date of broadcast.

    Your citation should look similar to this:

    "Responsible Pet Ownership." Primetime. NBC, November 25, 1997.

    WEB SITES format:

    Author if given. Title of web page. Date created or viewed* <web address>.

    Your citation should look similar to this:
    D Design Online. Welcome to Lockwood Schools. 1999-2004
    <http://lockwood.k12.mt.us>.

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    IMAGE found Online format:

    Artist if given. "Description or Title of  Image" [Online image]. Title of Site Where Image was Found. Date of creation or viewed* <web address>.

    Your citation should look similar to this:

    Forbes, Laura. "Spelling bee winners" [Online image]. Google. March 7, 2002

    <http://www.google.com>                                                      

    VIDEOTAPE format:

    Title of video [Videotape]. City: Publisher, year.

    Your citation should look similar to this:

    Anne Frank: The life of a young girl   [Videotape]. New York: A&E Homevideo, 2000

    MAGAZINE or NEWSPAPER Article format:

    Author if given. "Title of article." Title of Magazine or Newspaper  Month day, year: page or pages

    Your citation should look similar to this:

    Trantow, Susan. "Volunteer to make a difference."  Wisconsin State Journal April 21, 1999: pp.25-28.

    ENCYCLOPEDIA Article format:

    Author if given. "Title of article." Title of Encyclopedia, year, volume, page or pages.

    Your citation should look similar to this:

    Temperly, Nicholas, "Johann Sebastian Bach." World Book Encyclopedia, 1998, Vol. 2, p.245.

    *Use the date the page was viewed by you if not given the date the work was created by the author.

    © 1999-to date. [Johanna Freivalds]. All rights reserved.
    Email Mrs. Freivalds a    t freivaldsj@lockwood.k12.mt.us
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