Deaf Studies

• APA 7th Citation Style 
• APA 6th Citation Style
• OWL (Purdue Online Writing Lab)
• APA Style (official APA website with detailed FAQs and examples)
• APA Style Blog Detailed answers to specific questions provided by experts
• Citing Archival Materials in APA
• Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (print version)

• Quick Guide to Citing in MLA 8
• OWL (Purdue Online Writing Lab) MLA Formatting and Style Guide
• EasyBib - MLA style bibliography composer

• Generate a bibliography in Microsoft Word

• Citation Machine - MLA, APA, Chicago and Turabian citation style composer

"In-text citation" means that you refer to (or cite) the ideas or words of another as soon as you write about them in your paper. There are several ways to do this: using quotation marks for exact words, summarizing or condensing without changing the meaning, and paraphrasing or using your own words.

Here are specific examples of ways to handle in-text citation in both APA and MLA format.

APA In-Text Citation Basics (Purdue OWL)

APA In-Text Citations Specific Examples (Purdue OWL)

MLA In-Text Citation Basics and Examples (Purdue OWL)

Brief Examples of Quoting, Summarizing and Paraphrasing Using MLA (UCLA Library)

To plagiarize means to:

• Steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own;
• Use (another's production) without crediting the source;
• Commit literary theft;
• Present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source.

(Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary definition of "plagiarize," retrieved June 20, 2005)

• Research Therapy: Citing Your Sources (CSUN Library)
• Bruin Success with Less Stress (UCLA Libraries' guide to avoiding plagiarism)

• Summarizing, Paraphrasing, and Quoting (Video) Genessee Library
• How to Write a Summary (pdf) from the University of Washington
• 5 Sample Summaries (Prezi) from Excelsior College
• Avoiding Plagiarism: Paraphrasing from MIT
• How to Paraphrase (video) from Queensland University of Technology

Citation managers are software that keep track of your sources and automatically format your citations in a variety of styles.

• EndNote Web - free to CSUN students, staff, and faculty; integrates with MS Word and any browser; can export references directly from many databases
  • Help with EndNote Web
• Zotero - free to anyone; integrates with MS Word and/or Google Docs; must be installed on your own computer