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Citing Your Sources

Citing Your Sources

For information about why citations are important, please see our Academic Integrity & Plagiarism page. Before submitting assignments, you can also complete our Citations Checklist for research papers.

MLA Format

APA Format

Chicago Style

ACS Format

Citations Checklist

Complete this checklist before turning in your research paper to make sure that you have cited everything properly and avoided plagiarism. 

Assignment Requirements
  • I used the correct type of resources required for this assignment.
  • I used at least the minimum number of resources required to support my topic and to meet my Professor’s requirements (when a number is required).
  • I used the correct citation style (MLA, APA, etc.) for this assignment.
Citations
  • If using footnotes or endnotes, I checked that the numbers point to the correct, corresponding number for that citation.
  • If using in-text citations, I followed the in-text rules for the required citation style.
  • I double-checked each citation for accuracy (includes citations created by citation generators).
  • I double-checked each citation for formatting, including the use of italics and abbreviations.
  • I formatted my resources page in the correct format for this citation style (i.e. page margins, line spacing, indents, etc.).
  • I labeled my resources page correctly for this citation style (i.e. “Works Cited”, “References”, “Bibliography”, etc.).
Plagiarism
  • I used quotation marks whenever I quoted directly from another source.
  • Whenever I paraphrased, summarized, or quoted another source, I used citations to point the reader to the original source (in-text, footnotes, or endnotes).
  • If I used statistics or secondary research data, I included citations for the original source.
  • I did not copy and paste anything without giving credit to the original author.
  • I did not reuse any portions of assignments that I used for other classes.
  • This assignment is my own, original work.

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