7th Grade: People of Color in Science: Citations

Many database articles contain citation information that you can copy into your works cited list.

Citation tools auto-create a citation for you. You enter the book, magazine, article, or website title and the tool will generate and populate all the appropriate fields. Select the appropriate medium (website, book, journal, newspaper, other, etc) before you enter your title.

NOTE!

Copy your citations and paste them into a new document. To copy:

•  Click the three dots on the right of the citation

•  Select "Copy bibliography entry" (if you just click the copy button, you will get the in-text style citation, which is not what you want!)

Remember that citation generators are powerful tools but they cannot, and should not, do your thinking for you! Always double check the information that the tool outputs.

There are many different styles (rules) for citations. One of the most popular is the Modern Language Association (MLA) style. You will be listing your works cited in MLA style. 

Here are common elements of an MLA book citation and how they look:

• Author
• Book Title
• Publisher Location
• Publisher
• Publication Date

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