Citations & Writing Styles - ENGL 1302 - English Literature Library Research (Tony Procell) - Library Research Guides at El Paso Community College

Citing Your Sources

Once you are ready to produce your Literature Review and Research Paper, you will need to make sure that you give credit to all of the resources you use.

This means that you have to say where you got the information that was used in your paper. This is called a citation. A citation usually includes information such as the author's name, title of the book, or article and journal, publisher, date, and more.

This information allows the instructor to know where you found your research. For this assignment your instructor has indicated the us of American Psychological Association MLA Style 9th Edition.

Citation Styles (APA, MLA, Chicago) Handout

Find a Print Copy of the Writing Style Manual at the EPCC Library

Writers Reference 9e by Diana Hacker; Nancy Sommers
Call Number: PE1408 .H2778 2018
ISBN: 9781319057442
Publication Date: 2017-09-15
Get the answers to all your common writing questions, no matter the course, as Writer's Reference gives you the tools you need to becoming a stronger writer.
MLA Handbook by The Modern Language; The Modern Language Association of America
Call Number: LB2369 .M52 2021
ISBN: 9781603293518
Publication Date: 2021-04-06
Relied on by generations of writers, the MLA Handbookis published by the Modern Language Association and is the only official, authorized book on MLA style. The new, ninth edition builds on the MLA's unique approach to documenting sources using a template of core elements--facts, common to most sources, like author, title, and publication date--that allows writers to cite any type of work, from books, e-books, and journal articles in databases to song lyrics, online images, social media posts, dissertations, and more. With this focus on source evaluation as the cornerstone of citation, MLA style promotes the skills of information and digital literacy so crucial today.

Additional Resources

Purdue Owl - MLA
MLA (Modern Language Association) style is most commonly used to write papers and cite sources within the liberal arts and humanities. This resource, updated to reflect the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (7th ed.) and the MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing (3rd ed.), offers examples for the general format of MLA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the Works Cited page.
MLA Style Center
MLA Style Center, the only authorized Web site on MLA style, provides free resources on research, writing, and documentation. Sample papers, work cited, how to format your research and how to format your citations.
MLA Works Cited: A Quick Guide
MLA Works Cited: A Quick Guide rpvides detailed explanation for each of the MLA Style core elements and provides a practice template.

ENGL 1302 - English Literature Library Research (Tony Procell): Citations & Writing Styles

Citing Your Sources

Find a Print Copy of the Writing Style Manual at the EPCC Library

Additional Resources

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