Citing Sources

Has your teacher asked you to include a "Works Cited" page at the end of your research paper or project? If so, the resources below might help. As a first step, you might want to check out the BrainPOP movie "Citing Sources". It offers an explanation of the importance of the works cited page, and some basic information about just what to include in a citation for a book, magazine article, newspaper, encyclopedia or other resource. (NOTE: See Mrs. O'Keefe for the User Name and Password needed to access BrainPOP.)

Here at Collins, we use MLA style when citing information sources. The links below will help you to learn more about MLA style, as well as other common citation styles, including APA and Turabian.

Next, check out the Citing Sources PowerPoint presentation, created for CMS students. You will find this in the Grade 8 locker. (Notice that graphic organizers have been created to help you cite books, magazine and encyclopedia articles, web sites and other information sources are available here, too.)

As you research your assigned topic, you will find that many of the IMC's full-text resources include complete citations for the articles, images, maps, and other information available in these collections and databases.

Please feel free to speak with your teacher, or stop by the IMC and speak with Mrs. O'Keefe, if you need help or have any questions about citing sources.

SELECTED WEB SITES

MLA Formatting and Style Guide
This terrific guide was created by Purdue University's Online Writing Lab (OWL). Also see Resources for Documenting Electronic Sources, a helpful annotated list of online guides to citing electronic sources.

B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Library, Long Island University: MLA Citation Style (from MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 6th ed.)

Citing Electronic Resources: MLA Style
This guide, prepared by the University of Maryland's University College, offers a nice overview of MLA Style, and several citation examples.

Citing Sources Online!
This helpful Bedford/St. Martin's Press site features several guides, including:
Using Principles of APA Style to Cite and Document Sources; and
Using MLA Style to Cite and Document Sources

Electronic Sources: MLA Style
This Write Source guide to MLA style offers a detailed list of the elements to be included in a citation for an electronic information source, as well as many citation examples.

Internet Resources: Style Guides/Manuals/Writing Tools
This is a helpful annotated list of links, compiled by Salem State College Library.

APA Style.org
This helpful guide, created by the American Psychological Association, offers users a particularly useful FAQ section.

Citing Sources in APA Style
This guide, prepared by Indiana University's Writing Tutorial Services staff, features clear examples of citations for both print sources and electronic media.

Citing Sources
This terrific resource, by Duke University Libraries, features two guides:
Citing Sources Within Your Paper; and
Assembling a List of Works Cited

Internet Public Library: Citing Electronic Information
This nice annotated list of links to online citation resources includes a Spanish-language resource.