ENG101: College Writing (Spremulli)
Provide References to Sources!
Whenever you use someone else's idea, you need to cite the source! This includes when you are summarizing, paraphrasing, and quoting materials.
Be Careful of Plagiarism
MLA Video Tutorials
Citation Quick Guides
Online Citation Tools
- Online Writing Lab at Purdue UniversityOne of the most comprehensive writing resources available on the web. Provides detailed information and examples of APA, MLA and Chicago styles, including sample papers. Assists all levels of learners in the mechanics of research, writing and grammar.
Citation Generators
Citation generators are web-based tools that assist you in formatting citations for your academic research projects. Some provide auto-fill content; however, you often must add information manually, and it is your responsibility to ensure correct spelling! What goes in, comes out - just as you type it. Some generators are free for MLA, but not for other styles. The following link offers a quality citation generator that guides you through the process of creating correct citations in MLA and APA:
- KnightCiteKnightCite is a "free, online citation generator service provided by the Hekman Library of Calvin College. Users may save all of their citations for a given project and instantly alphabetize or edit them. Citations in one bibliography can be copied into another. When a bibliography is complete, the program can export it into an rtf or word document with the appropriate format and hanging indents so it is ready to print."