Citing your sources is important for giving credit to the work of others and avoiding plagiarism.
In the world of academia (and beyond), proper attribution of sources also demonstrates how you are engaging and adding to the existing body of knowledge. By citing your sources, you are entering into the scholarly conversation.
Questions or concerns about citations? Please contact your course librarian or your campus Writing Center.
We have the most recent APA manual available for check out at call number BF 76.7 .P83 2010.
APA offers their BASICS OF APA STYLE guidelines.
The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University offers an easy-to-use guide for creating in-text citations and reference lists in APA, with lots of examples.
Citation Managers are tools to help you keep track of your citations as you research and to create/format your citations and bibliography. For example, Zotero allows you to keep citations, full text articles, and other research resources organized in one place. You can also use these tools to format your bibliographies and the notes/citations in your papers according to the appropriate style (APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.).
Watch this video to learn more about Zotero
From https://geiselguides.anselm.edu/understandcitations
