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Citations

What are citations and how to create them

Using Citations

What are Citations and why they are important

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"A citation is the way you tell your readers that certain material in your work came from another source.  It also gives your readers the information necessary to find that source again." -- from plagiarism.org

Citing informs your readers, including your professors, of the sources for your information, ideas and thoughts.  At the same time, it credits the author for original information.  Citing respected sources confirms that you have thoroughly researched your topic, and it also strengthens your arguments.

Equally important, failing to cite properly can result in plagiarism - using another person's work or ideas without crediting the person.  Plagiarism is a serious violation of academic and professional ethics.

How to Cite

Basics Elements of a Citation

Author -- Title of the work -- Name and Location of the Publisher -- Date of publication -- Page numbers of Publication

 

Citation Styles

♦ APA (American Psychological Association) Style

→ Van Roon, A., Mulder, L., Althaus, M., and Mulder, G. (2004). Introducing a baroflex model for studying cardiovascular effects of    mental workload. Psychophysiology, 41, 961–981.

♦ MLA (Modern Language Association) Style

→ Lentricchia, Frank. Modernist Quartet. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994.

♦ Chicago Style

→ Christine Stansell, American Moderns: Bohemian New York and the Creation of a New Century (New York: Henry Holt and Co., 2000), 18.

When you compose a research paper you need to follow a formal style. Different disciplines have adopted their own distinctive styles. Usually, your professor will tell you which style to use in your research paper.  Click on the links below to learn the basics of the three major citation styles used in scholarly research.

 

APA Style

MLA Style

Chicago Style

Citation Graph

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Citation Builders

Adelphi University subscribes to RefWorks, a citation manager with free accounts to its students, staff, and faculty.  Citation Machine and KnightCite are other free citation builders.

Remember--record your sources as you find them. It is the worst practice to compile your references after your paper is complete.