Cite Your Sources

• Citations demonstrate the authenticity and originality of your work.
• Citations illustrate your research process.
• Citations allow your reader to identify and locate additional resources on your topic.
• Citations acknowledge the authors and researchers you relied on to develop your paper's argument.

Step 1: Determine the source type.

   Is it a book, journal article, newspaper or encyclopedia entry?

Step 2:  Decide if the source is print or digital.

   Is the source from an online database, web site or a Library’s print collection?

Step 3: Find an example citation for the source type in a citation guide.

Step 4: Use the example as a template to create your citation.

Styles used at ENC: