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Citing Sources
Whenever you use information source for academic work, you need to cite your sources. This is true for writing papers, but it is also true for speeches, oral and visual presentations, and other types of academic projects.
  • The basic rule of thumb is this: If you didn’t create it, you need to cite it!
  footnote citing source(27 KB) Full citations (a listing of the author, title, publisher, etc.) must be provided in your bibliography or list of sources, for all types of sources including books, articles, government documents, interviews, Internet sources, software and other nonprint material (videos, graphics, sound recordings, etc.).
 
Information taken from the Web or other electronic sources must also be acknowledged in your list of sources.  Style manuals (see Style Manuals, next page) may vary, but a citation for a Web page will usually include:
  • an author (if available)
  • the title of the page or document
  • title of the complete work (if applicable)
  • date created (if available)
  • the complete URL (Web address)
  • the date the site was visited. (see below) 
 
sample citation of web page (21 KB)

 

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