Why should I cite?

Any time you use words or ideas created by someone else without giving proper credit to the creator,

you are committing plagiarism, a very serious academic offense. By not citing the proper source, you

are leading the reader to believe that the words or ideas are your original work. To protect copyright and give

credit where credit is due, you must state where the words or ideas came from. This is typically done via

both in-text citations and a list of References or Works Cited at the end of your paper. To avoid committing

plagiarism, you must give proper credit when you use:

• Another person’s idea, opinion, or theory
• Any information which is not common knowledge
• A direct quotation from another person, either written or spoken
• A paraphrase of another person’s spoken or written word

What's your Style?  Click on the link for your specific citation style:

MLA                                      APA                                         Chicago Manual of Style                                   ASA

Citation Generators

There are several methods you can use to help you generate a citation for your source.  However, you should always check the result for accuracy.  *Many of the automatic generators will not have the latest changes for the specific style.

• Electronic Database generator

• Citation Machine  *MLA - yes, APA - no

• KnightCite  *APA - yes, MLA - no