Watch this video for an introduction to Citations By NCSU Libraries. CC BY NC SA 3.0.
Why Cite?
Owl Guides listed below give formulas and examples of how to cite different sources in your work cited list (reference list).
Citation Generators are web form for automatic citation generation for use in papers. My favorite is ZoteroBib
(NOTE: YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK CITATION GENERATOR RESULTS USING OWL GUIDES OR MLA HANDBOOK!!!!!!!)
Per Skyline College's Course Catalog, "Plagiarism is representing the work of someone else as his/her own and submitting it to fulfill academic requirements." Plagiarism is cheating and is viewed as "academic dishonesty" and therefore, "academic misconduct." For more information, see Academic Integrity/Honesty.
You have plagiarized when you...
To avoid plagiarism, you must give credit by citing sources whenever you use
another person’s idea, opinion, or theory
any facts, statistics, graphs, drawings—any pieces of information—that are not common knowledge
quotations of another person’s actual spoken or written words
paraphrase of another person’s spoken or written words
You don’t need to cite sources when the information you write about are common facts, your own original research, and/or your own opinions and evaluations.
Some tips to avoid unintentional plagiarism