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 and an online article:

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.

Examples when the author/creator is not known - for a webpage and an online video:

“Rindge Avenue Upper School (6-8).” Cambridge Public Schools, https://www.cpsd.us/schools/rauc. Accessed 24 February 2024.

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

 Add in-text citations to the end of a sentence

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

(Lowry 28)

(Kendall)

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

Examples when the author/creator is not known - for a webpage and an online video:

(“Rindge Avenue Upper School (6-8)”) 

("The Outsiders (1983)")

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 ToolsCitations 


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

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

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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).