Citing Your Sources

excited researcher

Hurray! You have collected a few good articles with solid information on your topic! Now you just need to let your audience know where this information that you are using for your presentation came from. You will compile a list of your sources for a Bibliography or Works Cited list (the name of the list depends on the style format that you are using). For each source you will write a citation.

Remember, you want to send your audience to the exact same article that provided the information to you! Writing citations is not rocket science but you need to pay attention to detail!

 

In the databases you see citations that uniquely identify each article.

Each database has decided for itself:

  • which pieces of information to include
  • how to organize and format them.

You have all the necessary pieces to write a citation but need to reformat them.

The two most common citation styles are:

MLA
m l a
Modern Language Association
APA
a p a
American Psychological Association

Which one does your instructor require?