It is important to always cite your sources. Citation helps you avoid plagiarism, and allows the reader to find your research sources. Citing your sources also helps to make your writing more believable, and gives evidence to your arguments. These websites will help make it easy for you to cite your sources properly.
The Purdue Owl guide to MLA is the authority on citation. This guide contains easy-to-understand directions on formatting citations, in-text (parethetical) citations, and works cited pages in MLA format.
AASL Standard 3.1.6- Use information and technology ethically and responsibly.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.8
Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources......providing basic bibliographic information for sources.
Use the free online citation creators below to generate and save citations for all types of sources.
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You may also use the Google Citation Tool to cite your sources:
Open a Google Doc
Click Tools
Click Citations
Click “Add citation source”
Change the source type to website or other source you used (book, magazine, etc.)
Search for the website address or input the information for your book, magazine, etc. source
Click continue
Click add citation source
When you are finished citing your sources, click “Insert Works Cited.” This will give you a list of your sources on a new page with the heading “Works Cited.” They will also be properly spaced and in alphabetical order.
This video explains plagiarism and how to avoid it.
Click on the link below to watch a video created by Caity Selleck for Imagine Easy Solutions, Inc.
Open a Google Doc
Tools
Citations
Add Citation source
Change source type to website or whichever type of source you used
Search for URL or whatever information that is asked for
Continue
Add citation source
Place cursor where you want the citation to appear in your works cited page
Click Insert Works Cited
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