As you create your
list of cited sources,
it is helpful to know
what type of information
you need to write down.
Here is a citation from
a periodical index with
each of its important
parts labeled.
Formats for citing
are consistent so that
other researchers may
quickly identify the
sources you used and
easily locate them. To
find the guidelines for
a particular format you
will need to look in a
style manual. Your
instructor will probably
recommend a particular
style manual such as
APA, MLA or
Chicago Manual of Style.
Look at the examples
of citations in APA
format.
Book:
Peck, R. (2000).
Libraries, the First
Amendment, and
cyberspace: What you
need to know.
Chicago: American
Library Association.
Article:
Westfall, J. (1999).
Cybersmut.
Business and Society
Review, 14
(1), 371.
Web page: The Blue Ribbon
Campaign for Online
Free Speech.
(2000). San
Francisco:
Electronic Frontier
Foundation.
Retrieved December
11, 2000, from the
World Wide Web:
http://www.eff.org/blueribbon.html.
