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Citing Sources

Full & In-Text Citations

🌕 Full Citations

🌒 In-text Citations

Citations Tool

Full & In-Text Citations

🌕 Full Citations

🌒 In-text Citations

Add full text citations to a Works Cited list.

Examples when the author/creator is known - for a book, online article, and an online video:

Lowry, Lois. The Giver. Delacorte Press, 2006.

Kendall, Jennifer. "The Appeal of Dystopian Novels for Teens." ThoughtCo, 9 July 2019, thoughtco.com/dystopian-novels-and-teens-626666. Accessed 24 February 2024.

YouTube Movies & TV. “The Outsiders (1983).” YouTube, 16 November 2021, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxG89YdmXIw. Accessed 24 February 2024.

Examples when the author/creator is not known - for a webpage:

“Rindge Avenue Upper Campus.” Cambridge Public Schools, https://www.cpsd.us/schools/rauc. Accessed 24 February 2024.

Add in-text citations to the end of a sentence.

Examples when the author/creator is known - for a book*, online article, and an online video:

(Lowry 28)

(Kendall)

(YouTube Movies & TV)

* For books, add the page where you found your information

Examples when the author/creator is not known - for a webpage:

(“Rindge Avenue Upper Campus”)

Citations Tool

Use the Citations tool in a Google Doc to build full citations in Modern Language Association (MLA) style.

In a Google Doc, go to Tools → Citations

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Book: Enter a book's ISBN from the back cover (it will look like 978-0-38-573255-0).

Example:

Try to enter all information marked with a ' * ' and make sure the citation includes:

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Website: Enter a website's URL (it will look like https://www.cpsd.us/schools/rauc).

Example:

Try to enter all information marked with a ' * ' and make sure the citation includes:

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Video (online): Select source type Website and enter a video's URL (it will look like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxG89YdmXIw).

Example:

Try to enter all information marked with a ' * ' and make sure the citation includes:

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