Citation Tools
Citation Tools
To avoid plagiarism, you always need to give credit to the person whose work or idea you are using, whether you quote, paraphrase, summarize, or otherwise use the ideas of others throughÂ
works cited list at the end of your paper,Â
in-text citations.
If you do not properly show your citations as works cited and in-text citation, it means that you plagiarise.  Â
Physical materials made publicly available:
•Book, academic periodical, photograph, newspaper, video cassette (VHS), Long Play (LP), magazine, DVD (of computer game, movie)
For electronic resources:Â
Database, Website
Numbers (includes the use of numbers in MLA outline format)
MLA citation format (for in-depth citation rules visit this MLA citation guide or MLA in-text citation guide)