Check with your instructor to determine if they have a preferred citation style. Guides to Modern Language Association (MLA), American Psychological Association (APA), and Chicago Manual are available online. Print copies of style guides are available at the reference desk.
A citation manager is a tool which helps you to store, organize and output your citations in the format you prefer. A citation manager can also help automate the creation of bibliographies for your research papers.
When you quote, paraphrase, summarize, or otherwise refer to the work of another, you are required to cite its source, either with a parenthetical citation, footnote, or endnote. Not to do so is considered plagiarism. Anything you write or create that uses or refers to the ideas of another person must be cited properly, this includes:
You do not need to cite common knowledge. For example, you do not need to cite the fact that Thomas Jefferson was the third president of the United States, but you would need to cite your source for the number of slaves he inherited from his father.
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