It's important to cite sources you
used in your research for several
reasons:
To show your reader you've done
proper research by listing sources
you used to get your information
To be a responsible scholar by
giving credit to other researchers
and acknowledging their ideas
To avoid plagiarism by quoting
words and ideas used by other
authors
To allow your reader to track
down the sources you used by
citing them accurately in your
paper by way of footnotes, a
bibliography or reference list
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Works Cited
“Athlete's Foot - Topic Overview.” WebMD, 25 Sept. 2014, www.webmd.com/skin-problemsand-treatments/tc/athletes-foot-topic-overview.
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American Allergy Association. Allergies in Children. Random House, 1998.
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Bernstein, Mark. “10 Tips on Writing the Living Web.” A List Apart: For People Who Make
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Websites, 16 Aug. 2002, alistapart.com/article/writeliving. Accessed 4 May 2009.
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Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. Edited by Margaret Smith, Oxford UP, 1998. (
The Bible. The New Oxford Annotated Version, 3rd ed., Oxford UP, 2001.
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Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. Edited by Josephine Philips, Princeton UP, 1999. (
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Burns, Robert. "Red, Red Rose." 100 Best-Loved Poems, edited by Philip Smith, Dover, 1995, p.
26.
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Crowley, Sharon, and Debra Hawhee. Ancient Rhetorics for Contemporary Students. 3rd ed.,
Pearson, 2004.
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Dolby, Nadine, et al. “Research in Youth Culture and Policy: Current Conditions and Future
Directions.” Social Work and Society: The International Online-Only Journal, vol. 6, no. 2,
2008, www.socwork.net/sws/article/view/60/362. Accessed 20 May 2009.
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Duncan, Hugh Dalziel. Introduction. Permanence and Change: An Anatomy of Purpose, by
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Kenneth Burke, 1935, 3rd ed., U of California P, 1984, pp. xiii-xliv.
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“8 Hot Dog Gadgets put to the Test.” YouTube, uploaded by Crazy Russian Hacker, 6 June 2016,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBlpjSEtELs.
Encyclopedia of Indiana. Somerset, 1993.
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Farrell, Thomas B. Introduction. Norms of Rhetorical Culture, by Farrell, Yale UP, 1993, pp. 1-13.
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Works Cited
“Athlete's Foot - Topic Overview.” WebMD, 25 Sept. 2014, www.webmd.com/skin-problemsand-treatments/tc/athletes-foot-topic-overview.
((“Athlete’s
) Foot” )
American Allergy Association. Allergies in Children. Random House, 1998.
( American Allergy Association )
Bernstein, Mark. “10 Tips on Writing the Living Web.” A List Apart: For People Who Make
)
Websites, 16 Aug. 2002, alistapart.com/article/writeliving. Accessed 4 May 2009. ( Berstein
( The Bible )
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Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. Edited by Margaret Smith, Oxford UP, 1998. ( Bronte. Margaret
Smith
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The Bible. The New Oxford Annotated Version, 3rd ed., Oxford UP, 2001.
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Bronte. Josephine Philips )
Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. Edited by Josephine Philips, Princeton UP, 1999.
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Burns, Robert. "Red, Red Rose." 100 Best-Loved Poems, edited by Philip Smith, Dover, 1995, p.
26.
( Burns 26
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Crowley, Sharon, and Debra Hawhee. Ancient Rhetorics for Contemporary Students. 3rd ed.,
Pearson, 2004.
(Crowley and Hawhee)
Dolby, Nadine, et al. “Research in Youth Culture and Policy: Current Conditions and Future
Directions.” Social Work and Society: The International Online-Only Journal, vol. 6, no. 2,
2008, www.socwork.net/sws/article/view/60/362. Accessed 20 May 2009.
(Dolby et al.)
)
Duncan, Hugh Dalziel. Introduction. Permanence and Change: An Anatomy of Purpose, by
Kenneth Burke, 1935, 3rd ed., U of California P, 1984, pp. xiii-xliv.
(Duncan xiv )
“8 Hot Dog Gadgets put to the Test.” YouTube, uploaded by Crazy Russian Hacker, 6 June 2016,
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBlpjSEtELs.
Encyclopedia of Indiana. Somerset, 1993.
(“8 Hot Dog”)
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(Encyclopedia of Indiana )
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Farrell, Thomas B. Introduction. Norms of Rhetorical Culture, by Farrell, Yale UP, 1993, pp. 1-13.
(Farrell 12)
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Hill, Charles A., and Marguerite Helmers, editors. Defining Visual Rhetorics. Lawrence Erlbaum
Associates, 2004.
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"Ideology." The American Heritage Dictionary, 3rd ed., 1997.
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Kincaid, Jamaica. "Girl." The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Short Stories, edited by
Tobias Wolff, Vintage, 1994, pp. 306-07.
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Mitchell, Mark and Jackson Miller. The Impact of Product Quality Reducing Events on the Value
of Brand-Name Capital: Evidence from Airline Crashes and the 1982 Tylenol
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Poisonings. 1987. PhD dissertation. ProQuest Dissertations and Theses.
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Palmer, William J. Dickens and New Historicism. St. Martin's, 1997.
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Palmer, William J. The Films of the Eighties: A Social History. Southern Illinois UP, 1993.
@tombrokaw. “SC demonstrated why all the debates are the engines of this
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campaign.” Twitter, 22 Jan. 2012, 3:06 a.m.,
twitter.com/tombrokaw/status/160996868971704320.
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United States, Congress, Senate, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearing on the
Geopolitics of Oil. Government Printing Office, 2007. 110th Congress, 1st session,
Senate Report 111-8.
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Wysocki, Anne Frances, et al. Writing New Media: Theory and Applications for Expanding the
Teaching of Composition. Utah State UP, 2004.
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WHAT I LEARNED FROM THIS ACTIVITY THAT I DIDN’T KNOW BEFORE:
Sample Entries from Purdue Owl Writing Lab, a great resource for your research questions.
)
Key
Hill, Charles A., and Marguerite Helmers, editors. Defining Visual Rhetorics. Lawrence Erlbaum
Associates, 2004.
(Hill and Helmers)
)
)
"Ideology." The American Heritage Dictionary, 3rd ed., 1997.
(“Ideology”)
)
Kincaid, Jamaica. "Girl." The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Short Stories, edited by
Tobias Wolff, Vintage, 1994, pp. 306-07.
(Kincaid 305-306)
)
)
Mitchell, Mark and Jackson Miller. The Impact of Product Quality Reducing Events on the Value
of Brand-Name Capital: Evidence from Airline Crashes and the 1982 Tylenol
(Mitchell and Miller)
)
Palmer, William J. Dickens and New Historicism. St. Martin's, 1997. (Palmer, Dickens)
)
)
Poisonings. 1987. PhD dissertation. ProQuest Dissertations and Theses.
Palmer, William J. The Films of the Eighties: A Social History. Southern Illinois UP, 1993.
(Palmer, The Films)
@tombrokaw. “SC demonstrated why all the debates are the engines of this
)
)
campaign.” Twitter, 22 Jan. 2012, 3:06 a.m.,
twitter.com/tombrokaw/status/160996868971704320. (@tombrokaw)
)
United States, Congress, Senate, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearing on the
)
Geopolitics of Oil. Government Printing Office, 2007. 110th Congress, 1st session,
(United States, Congress )
)
Wysocki, Anne Frances, et al. Writing New Media: Theory and Applications for Expanding the
)
Teaching of Composition. Utah State UP, 2004. (Wysocki et al.)
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Senate Report 111-8.
WHAT I LEARNED FROM THIS ACTIVITY THAT I DIDN’T KNOW BEFORE:
Sample Entries from Purdue Owl Writing Lab, a great resource for your research questions.
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For each of the works cited entries, circle the first word in each entry.
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If the first word is A, An, or The, circle the first two words.
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Write the circled word in the parentheses after the entry.
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If the first word is in “ “ or is italicized, keep that punctuation in the parentheses. (you many
underline to indicate italics)
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Revisit each entry and note if there are 2 or more authors.
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If there are two authors, include in the parentheses both last names with and between them.
o
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(Smith and Jones)
If there are 3 or more authors (LAST NAME, FIRST NAME, et al.), include in the parentheses the
last name of the first author followed by et al. Note there is a period after al.
o
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(Smith et al.)
If there are two works by the same author, include the author’s last name and enough of the
title that it is distinguished from the other works by that author. Keep the title’s punctuation.
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(Smith, “The Interesting”)
o
(Smith, Fabulous)
Note the comma between author and title.
Remember to keep the title’s punctuation.
If the first word is a title and there are several entries beginning with that exact title, add the
next piece of information in the entry that distinguishes it from the others.
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o
(“F. Scott Fitzgerald.” Encyclopedia Britannica)
o
(“F. Scott Fitzgerald.” Compton’s Encyclopedia)
Note the period between title and
source and title italics.
If the entry includes a page number, include it in the parentheses. Just the numerals, no pg.,
pp., etc.
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(Smith 45) Cite the specific page of the information you are providing.
o
Do not add NP or any similar note to indicate there is no page number.
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Refer to your research paper’s Work Cited page.
Follow the same steps to create the in-text citations you will use throughout
your paper.
The only component that you won’t have available for this activity is the specific
page number from which you are quoting, paraphrasing, or citing statistics.
That specific page number is on your note card.
Direct quotes
Statistics/Data
Paraphrased information or an opinion that is
unique to one source.