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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Citing Sources and Works Cited Page


Citing Sources and Making a Works Cited Page

I. In-text Citation - after you have summarized, paraphrased, or quoted a source, you must cite it by including author's last name and page number from which the information came from in parentheses.

Human beings have been described by Kenneth Burke as "symbol-using animals" (3).

Human beings have been described as "symbol-using animals" (Burke 3).

The increase of Asian immigrants to the United States was made possible by the Immigration and Nationality Act signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965 (“Between Two Worlds”).

According to the article “Filipino Immigrants in the United States”, there are about 1.7 Filipino immigrants (Terrazas and Batalova 1).


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II. Works Cited - on a separate page, list the sources you incorporated in your foreword; follow what is called MLA format. Here is a sample page:


Works Cited
An Inconvenient Truth. Dir. Davis Guggenheim. Perf. Al Gore, Billy West. Paramount, 2006. DVD.
"Blueprint Lays Out Clear Path for Climate Action." Environmental Defense Fund. Environmental Defense Fund, 8 May 2007. Web. 24 May 2009.
Clinton, Bill. Interview by Andrew C. Revkin. “Clinton on Climate Change.” New York Times. New York Times, May 2007. Web. 25 May 2009.


III. Also, you can use easybib.com. This is a website that allows you to input your source and creates the citation for you.


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