Always cite:
• Direct quotations
• Paraphrases
• Ideas that aren’t your own
• Facts found in sources
Cite information from:
• Interviews
• Online sources
• Reports
• Information (Statistics, etc.)
from databases
• Class notes
• Books
• Journal Articles
• Magazine Articles
• Newspaper Articles
• Websites
• Check citation guides for anything
else you think you might need to cite.

What is Common Knowledge?

Common knowledge is any generally
known fact you might include in your
writing. You don’t need to cite common knowledge. An example of common knowledge:
George Washington was the first
president of the United States of
America.
If you are unsure whether or not a certain fact is common knowledge, cite it.

 

Where can I find examples of citations?

MLA Style

MLA Citation Quick Guide (AIPD Library, created by Tricia Juettemeyer)

OWL at Purdue MLA Style Guide

In the library:

MLA style manual and guide to scholarly publishing
PN 147 .G444 1998 (2009 version coming soon)

APA Style

OWL at Purdue APA Style Guide

APA Citation Quick Guide (Oakland University Kresge Library, created by Tricia Juettemeyer)

In the library:

Publication manual of the American Psychological Association.
REF BF 76.7 .P83 2001

PDF on Citing Images in MLA from University of Cincinatti

Other Writing / Citing Resources

OWL at Purdue - Writing Abstracts

Citation Builders

Zotero
Research organization tool, with citation builder. Zotero is a firefox plug-in, and works within your Firefox broswer. Keep your Zotero reference file on your USB drive, and you will be able to access your information from any browswer with the Zotero plug-in.

Microsoft Word 2007 has built-in citation building tools

Easy Bib
Online citation generator. MLA and APA are both supported.

BibMe
Online citation generator. MLA, APA, Chicago and Turabian are supported.