A citation serves two main purposes: it gives credit to the author, artist, or creator, and it allows your reader to find the book, article, or photograph.
A style guide shows you how to format your footnotes, bibliographies, or works cited lists. The style format you use (ALA, MLA, Chicago) depends on your field of inquiry.
Citation style manuals are available at the Reference Desk as well as online.
ZoteroBib is a citation generator that can create citations for websites, newspapers, and DOI numbers. If ZoteroBib can't find your source automatically, you can enter the information manually to create the citation.
As with any automatically generated citation, you should always double-check that the formatting is correct.
Here are some great resources to help with proper citation styles:
For detailed information on how to use NoodleTools, please see the library's NoodleTools Research & Citation Manager research guide.
Zotero also offers a citation generator called ZoteroBib - see box on this page for details!
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Citation is your indication that certain material in your work came from another source. It also provides readers with the information necessary to find that source again. Giving credit to the original author by citing sources is the only way to use other people's work without plagiarizing.
The following situations almost always require citation:
Adapted from: Plagiarism.org
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APA 7th Edition Paper Template (Template by Kathryn L. Lubniewski, Ed.D. Monmouth University)
The MLA Style Center website provides useful resources including notices on recent updates and sample papers.
Quick links:
NOTE: You may not always see the DOI information for a resource in its reference information, but you can look it up using the Crossref information base!
Sources: Crossref, Scribbr, The DOI Foundation