References/Works Cited/Citations

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How to Find the Author/Creator of a Website
  • "Credit" section at bottom of website
  • "About Us" tab on website
  • WHOis - domain name search

How To Create a Works Cited Page (MLA) or References Page (APA)
1) OWL Purdue
2) Bib Me Citation Tool (Free MLA, APA, Chicago, Turabian)
    • To cite an internet image that is not copyright-free, go to the Other tab and select "Photograph" and "Someone Else".
3) Easy Bib Citation Tool (Free MLA)
    • To cite a "Digital Image" that is not copyright-free, go to All 59 Options and select "Digital Image" from the list.
4) Adding Citations in a Word Document (Using Microsoft Office)


Citations: Footnotes, Endnotes, In-Text
Citations are required when a person uses:

1) a paraphrase of the words, opinion, or idea of another person
2) the exact words (written or spoken) of another person

A citation can be written as a footnote (in the footer of a document), as an endnote (at the end of a document), or as an in-text citation (within the document).

If exact words are being cited, the format of these words depends upon the length of the quotation:
        a) short quotation
            A short quotation is woven into a sentence and enclosed within quotation marks.

        b) a long quotation
            A long quotation is usually introduced with a sentence explaining the context of the quotation.

For APA style, a long quotation is more than 40 words and is double-spaced.
For MLA style, a long quotation is usually more than 4 lines of prose or more than 3 lines of verse/poetry and is double-spaced.

* If any words are omitted, an ellipse, three periods preceded and followed by a space ( . . . ), is used to indicate where the words were omitted.
** If any word is changed, square brackets [ ] are used to indicate the substituted word.
*** If a word has been identified as being misspelled or grammatically incorrect, include the correct usage of the word followed by [sic] to indicate that the word has been changed.

1) APA Style


2) MLA Style