Research requires references. You are building your work on the work of others, and therefore must keep track of the resources you have consulted while doing a project so that you can cite them properly (give the original authors credit).
The library's Citing Sources Guide is an online research guide created to help you avoid plagiarism, understand citations, and use the most common citation styles correctly.
In general, you must cite the source when you:
While you are doing research, be sure to document each source thoroughly, noting the author, title, journal title if your source is an article, publisher, place of publication, date, and page numbers. For electronic materials, you should also note the DOI number (Digital Object Identifier) if available. Note the URL of any website you consult; depending on the source, you may need it for reference.
Do you know the parts of a citation? Can you recognize them even when a citation is in an unfamiliar style? Can you identify whether a given citation is for a book, book chapter, or journal article? This short tutorial will help you master the basics of citations.
Understanding Citations Tutorial
Used by permission of the University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin.
Many library databases will do at least some of the work of formatting citations for you. EBSCO database includes a "cite" button which will display formatted reference list citations for the article you are reading. PLEASE BE AWARE that at times the citations are NOT presented in the correct format. There are often errors in capitalization and in the elements included. If you copy and paste this citation information into your paper, you MUST double-check the formatting with the appropriate citation style guide or the appropriate citation manual.
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