English 102: College Writing (Prof. Osborn)

Documenting your sources is a necessity, which:

1. Allows readers to find your sources;
2. Provides evidence for your arguments;
3. Adds credibility to your work;
4. Avoids plagiarism, the consequence of which could be an allegation of academic misconduct. This could result disciplinary sanctions such as an oral reprimand, redoing your assignment, losing points off your grade, failing the class, being expelled, etc., all of which depend in part on the severity of the offense. For details, see the Avoiding Academic Misconduct Procedures web document and related documents such as Disciplinary Procedures: Student Academic Misconduct: UWS Chapter 14.

Whether you choose to quote, summarize, or paraphrase sources in your research paper, you must cite each source you use. For rules and examples, look here:

• Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association 6th ed. 2010. Reference Desk BF76.7 P83 2010
• Citing References: APA Style (7th ed.) (PDF) - (UW-Whitewater libraries)
• APA Style (7th ed.) (Web guide) - (UW-Whitewater libraries)
• APA Documentation Guide (6th ed.) - (Writing Center, UW-Madison)
• APA Formatting and Style Guide (7th ed.) - (Online Writing Lab at Purdue)

Want to jump start your list of references? This Citation Helper Tools guide may have some tools you can use. The library supports both Zotero and EndNote. We'll even help you set them up on your laptop.

Whether you choose to quote, summarize, or paraphrase sources you use in your research paper, you must cite each one. For rules and examples in MLA 8th ed. style, look here:

• MLA Handbook 8th ed. 2016. Reference Desk LB2369 .G53 2016
• Citing References: MLA Style (8th ed.) - (UW-Whitewater libraries)
• MLA Style (8th ed.) (Web guide) - (UW-Whitewater libraries)
• MLA Documentation Guide (8th ed.) - (Writing Center, UW-Madison)
• MLA Formatting and Style Guide (8th ed.) - (Online Writing Lab at Purdue)

Want to jump start your list of references? This Citation Helper Tools guide may have some tools you can use. The library supports both Zotero and EndNote. We'll even help you set them up on your laptop.

Note: These tips are from the MLA Handbook (8th ed.).

Each entry should include the following core elements, when known, which should be taken from the source's title page or the first page of a periodical article or webpage:

• author name(s).
• title of source.
• title of container,
• other contributors,
• version,
• number,
• publisher,
• publication date,
• location.

You may find that you need to combine several examples to fit what you are citing.  

Book with two authors

Dorris, Michael, and Louise Erdrich. The Crown of Columbus. HarperCollins Publishers, 1999.

Journal article, online or in database, doi (preferred over URL)

Chan, Evans. “Postmodernism and Hong Kong Cinema.” Postmodern Culture, vol. 10, no. 3, May 2000. Project Muse, doi:10.1353/pmc.2000.0021.

Journal article, online or in database, no doi, stable link if available or, if not, other available URL

Goldman, Anne. “Questions of Transport: Reading Primo Levi Reading Dante.” The Georgia Review, vol. 64, no. 1, 2010, pp. 69-88. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/41403188.

Journal article, print

Baron, Naomi S. “Redefining Reading: The Impact of Digital Communication Media.” PMLA, vol. 128, no. 1, Jan. 2013, pp. 193-200.

Lecture

Brieger, Brian. “Lecture 3: Recruitment and Involvement of Trainees.” Management 320 course. 28 Jan. 2014, U of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Address.