Citation Basics:

• Citation means crediting information from a source that you used in your research and writing. When you cite, you are giving some identifying information about the source you used.

• Citation has 2 aspects; you must do BOTH:

1. Rewrite ideas from the source (change words and sentence structure) OR provide a direct quotation ("...using quotes").

2. Give credit to the information source. You must do this even if you put the information in your own words.

• A variety of citation styles exist for different fields of study. For this project, use MLA 8 citation style with footnotes.

Citation Generators:

To create your MLA 8 Works Cited list, try one of these citation generators:

• MyBib

• NoodleTools

NOTE: Databases provide completed citations, so you do not need to enter the individual database elements into a citation generator's fields. Just copy and paste the entire database citation into the citation generator.