The Mechanics of Citing

Web sites Books

AdsArticles

Research Paper

Bibliography

•Citation 1•Citation 2•Citation 3•Citation 4

What to cite:

• Any information/idea you are using that came from one of your researched sources.• Including:

• Paraphrases (even if it is not a direct quote)

• Not including:• General knowledge (WWII ended in the 1940’s,

American Idol is a TV phenomenon, etc)

Give credit in the text:

Human beings have been described as "symbol-using animals" (Burke 3).

Document it in a Works Cited page:

Burke, Kenneth. Language as Symbolic Action: Essays on Life, Literature, and Method. Berkeley: U of California P, 1966.

Where to Cite:

How to Cite:

What you need to know:

• What kind of publication you are citing:• Book• Journal article• Online article• Web page• Video

• How to find the elements of a citation:• Author• Title• Date of Publication• Place of publication for some items

What you don’t need to know:

• Where to put every • Italic• Comma• period

More citation help:

• OWLhttp://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/

• Net.TUTOR/Using Informationhttp://liblearn.osu.edu/tutor/les7/

• Son of Citation Machine http://citationmachine.net/

• Writing Analytically Ch. 13

• Refworks (for larger projects)Connect from library.osu.edu