Citation
On this page you will find a map of the resources available on this site regarding citation
What is citation?
Citation is when an author takes the words or ideas of another author, and uses it in their own writing. A citation is done to show the reader:
That another author wrote the words
How to find the original source of the words
There are many different styles of citations. Academic disciplines (History, Maths, Science, English, etc.) all use different styles. In the academic discipline of English Language Arts, as well as in High School in general, the citation format used is developed by The Modern Language Association, or MLA.
Here you will find the basics of citation. Inside you will find information about in-text citations, the two types of citation, and making citations grammatically correct.
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This is a vast resource for writers at the university level, any questions that are unanswered on the pages listed here will have answers here!
On this page you will find information to help you use citation inside your writing.
On this page you will find information to help you write full citations that appear at the end of your writing.
The works cited page contains the full citation of each source, and you can read all about it here!
This page provides an example and explains how to format your page to meet MLA standards.