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Citing Sources
Citing the sources of information you use in your research is important for several reasons:
- You are giving credit to the person's whose ideas, words, or images you are using;
- You avoid plagiarism;
- Your list of sources allows other researchers to look up the information that you used.
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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.). This information lets other researchers know what information sources you used and where you found them, so that they can also review and use the information.
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Examples
Below are examples in MLA format from the library's handout entitled "Bibliographic Formats." This handout is available on the library's Handouts & Guides Web page, under the "Research Process & Procedures" section.
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And here are a few more examples of citations for online resources:
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