It's always important to give credit to the sources you used to help you create your final product, whether it's an essay, slideshow, website, or infographic. Giving credit is the fair thing to do, and it also shows all of the awesome research and thought you put into your work. It's the same thing as when a music artist gives "feat" or "ft" credit to another musician who is in their song or video.
The details you need to include depend on the type of source you're using. It's impossible to remember everything, so we've created citation tracking worksheets for you to use to help you out as you get used to citing. The worksheets are fill-in-the-blank: if you fill in all the spaces you have all the info you need to create a proper works cited.
Paper copies: always available in the Library (printed on purple paper - "purple sheets"). Help yourself to as many as you need.
Electronic copies: save a copy to your drive and either print it out or type your info straight onto it.
So awesome! You can now create a works cited and do in-text citations inside a Google Doc! Use the Citation feature under Tools. Choose whichever style of citations your teachers has asked you to use - MLA, APA, Chicago etc.
Not using Google Docs? EasyBib is a popular, free, online works cited tool.
Putting things in your own words is one of the most challenging parts of doing research. It can be hard to imagine that you can improve on the words of a professional writer, especially if you're not an expert on a subject.