Library Media Services- How to cite sources
How to Cite Sources Print Material
Book:
Author. Date published. Title. Page number used.
ex: Baldacci, David. 1997. Total control. p. 145.
Magazine:
Author. Date published (year and month). "Title of Article," Name of magazine, p. 40.
ex: Kruse, Anna. November 1996. "The Librarian Leads the Way, " School Libraries, p. 39.
Electronic Material: World Wide Web: Internet
Author. Title of Item. http://address/filename, date of document or download.
ex: Yule, James. The Cold War Revisited: A Splintered Germany. [Online] Available
http://usa.coldwar.server.gov/index/germany.html, March 5, 1996.
E-Mail:
Author of e-mail message. Subject line of the message. [Online] Available e-mail: student@address.edu from
author@address.edu, date of message.
ex: Johns, Linda. Research Project results. [Online] Available email: student1@gpisd.org from
linda.johns@informns.k12.mn.us, February 3, 1996.
Web Sites About Citations:
MLA Citation Guide URL:http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/cgos2006/basic.html
Purdue University http://www.lib.purdue.edu/rguides/studentinstruction/citingsources.html
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plagiarize-vb: to pass off as one's own the ideas or words of another
Woolf, Henry Bosely. 1974. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary. (530). You may use someone's work or ideas if you cite it properly. Copying someone's work and pretending it is your own is against the law.