Citing Overview: How to and Styles


CITATIONS
Citing sources properly is essential to avoiding plagiarism. No matter if plagiarism is intentional or unintentional, all un-cited source usage counts as plagiarism and will negatively impact your standing with the instructor, your assignment grade, and possibly result in expulsion from the class. Learn about citations so that you do not plagiarize. See the Source Citation content below.

Source Citation

Citation Rules

Images in Writing


HOW TO CITE
If you are asking "How do I cite this?" then you will want to consider help from one of these areas:
  1. Your Writing Handbook
    • This type of book is typically a required text for first and second year English courses.  Once you have one, DON'T SELL IT!!  You will need it for all future classes that require any type of writing.
      • Don't you know...that means you will need it for EVERY class!
  2. Your English teextbook
    • Most English textbooks have a section embedded within in them that covers the topic of citations.
    • Look at the front of your book to see if there is a chapter or section devoted to how to cite in various formats.
  3. Your college/university library provides resources and services to assist you in citing materials for your papers and projects.
    • Often, your school's library website will have helpful information and links to provide guidance for citing sources properly.
    • Libraries often have handouts for you to download (online) or pick up (in the library).

The University of Georgia has Citation Style Guides to assist you no matter the formatting style you are required to use.
See their guides with helpful tips and examples for popular citation styles such as:


HOW TO CITE DATA

Subject guide for citing Social Science data


HOW TO CITE IMAGES
Image Resources: Open Access Image Resources

CITATION STYLE GUIDES
Most Frequently Used
  • AMA Style (American Medical Association) - PDF
  • APSA Style (American Political Science Association)
  • ASA Style (American Sociological Association) - PDF

Other Styles




MENDELEY: CITATION MANAGEMENT

Mendeley: Citation Management
Mendeley is a free citation management program. It is not supported by Liberty, but it is an option.  

·         Starting
·         How do I?
·         Expectation/Reality
·         Help and Training

What is it?
Citation managers, like Mendeley, EndNote, RefWorks, and Zotero, help you to gather all your sources and citations into your own mini-database. Mendeley calls this database your Library. You can search and organize your Library citations. Mendeley will also communicate with your word processing program, so you can insert citations into your papers in a style, such as APA or MLA. You can also link PDF files to entries in your Library, making it easier to sort through and view your full text articles. You can catch and merge duplicates, and correct errors.


How do I get it?
You can download versions for Mac, iOS, PC, and Linux from https://www.mendeley.com/. Then you have some further steps:
·         Create an online profile
·         Download the Mendeley Desktop
·         Add the Mendeley Web Importer to your web browser - also called the Bookmarklet
·         Download a plug-in to make sure the Mendeley toolbar, or menu (for some programs), is in your word processing program.

These steps are covered in either the video HERE, or the videos on the "How To" tab.






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