HOW TO MAKE CITATIONS ON YOUR RESEARCH PAPER In formally writing a paper, you must know how to make a citation whenever you refer to outside sources of information. The list of bibliographic citations gives credit to those whose ideas you have referred to or quoted, gives your paper authority and presents information your readers can use to find further information such as information about the author, the title of the work, the name and location of the company that published the copy of your source, the date your copy has been published, the page of numbers of the material you have borrowed, etc. But why do you need to cite sources? Citation of sources is the only way to give recogni-tion and to show respect to one’s original work without …show more content…
• For the American Psychological Association (APA) style BEARING CITATION FORMAT Books Author, B.B. (Year of Publication). Title of Work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Location: Publisher Periodical Author, A.A., Author, B.B. & Author, C.C. (Year). Title of Article. Title of Periodical, volume number (issue number), pages. Electronic Sources Author A.A. (Date of Publication). Title of Article. Title of Online Periodical, volume number (issue number if available). Retrieved from http://www.someonlinesource.com/url/ • For the Modern Language Association (MLA) style BEARING CITATION FORMAT Books Last name, First name. Title of the Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication Periodical Author(s). “Title of the Article.” Title of the Periodical Day Month Year: pages. Medium of Publication. Electronic Sources Editor, Author, or compiler name (if available). Name of Site. Version Number. Name of the insti-tution/ organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher), date of resource creation (if availa-ble). Medium of publication. Date of Access. • For the Chicago/Turabian