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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
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