Citation Guidelines
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Using Someone Else's Words
When to cite what someone else wrote.
Marking Quotes
Citation is only half the job.
Using Graphics First Appearing Elsewhere
When and how to cite any image, chart, table, or other graphic item published or prepared for any use prior to the current paper or using a published data source.
Using Someone Else’s Ideas
When to cite material not quoted.
Citation as Support for What You Say
Citation to show that your facts are right.
Revealing Sources: including reuse of your own prior work
Citation of material you may have thought you do not need to cite. Such material may need permission from your professor or instructor.
Bibliography and Citing Correctly
The link between citation and bibliography. The consequence of not formatting the bibliography as expected.
Quotation/Citation Style (a crib sheet to help you format your quotations and citations correctly)
A handful of tips that will improve your citation. This is not a substitution for using citation guidelines for conditions not matching the examples.
Memos and Other Non‐Citation Formats
What to do when your instructor does not clearly require citation.
Practices Good and Bad
Some things to remember: dos & don'ts
Boilerplate Language
Using templates and standard language
What not to put in a bibliography
The reader wants to know where to find the cited material
Bibliography for Examples and Items Mentioned in this Guide
A demonstration of an bibliography with entries for the items on this site.
(The menu is also at the top right of this site.)
Using Someone Else's Words
When to cite what someone else wrote.
Marking Quotes
Citation is only half the job.
Using Graphics First Appearing Elsewhere
When and how to cite any image, chart, table, or other graphic item published or prepared for any use prior to the current paper or using a published data source.
Using Someone Else’s Ideas
When to cite material not quoted.
Citation as Support for What You Say
Citation to show that your facts are right.
Revealing Sources: including reuse of your own prior work
Citation of material you may have thought you do not need to cite. Such material may need permission from your professor or instructor.
Bibliography and Citing Correctly
The link between citation and bibliography. The consequence of not formatting the bibliography as expected.
Quotation/Citation Style (a crib sheet to help you format your quotations and citations correctly)
A handful of tips that will improve your citation. This is not a substitution for using citation guidelines for conditions not matching the examples.
Memos and Other Non‐Citation Formats
What to do when your instructor does not clearly require citation.
Practices Good and Bad
Some things to remember: dos & don'ts
Boilerplate Language
Using templates and standard language
What not to put in a bibliography
The reader wants to know where to find the cited material
Bibliography for Examples and Items Mentioned in this Guide
A demonstration of an bibliography with entries for the items on this site.