Citing Sources
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In general, you will be using MLA while at John Jay High School. MLA format and style guidelines have been developed as a way of standardizing the writing and layout of papers and projects. MLA format and style is especially helpful when you must show how the papers and projects of those people who have influenced your thinking or from where you got your information.
There are some overall formatting rules you're going to want to follow for the entire paper. Then there are two places in your paper or project where you should show from whom you got your information, i.e. the in-text citation (parenthetical citation) and on the Works Cited page.
Ever wonder why you have to do this citation thing anyway? Here are several reasons:
1. To make you look good. Citing your sources tells your readers you know what you're talking about. Your paper also looks polished and professional.
2. Helps organize your work. Your reader knows what to expect when you use proper formatting. Formatting and style guidelines provide a structure for you too.
3. Helps you critique sources of information. By making sure you cite your sources correctly, you have chosen between good and bad sources of information. For example, if you cannot find the author of a source, chances are you shouldn't be using that source.
4. Plagiarism protection. If you have cited your sources, you have told your reader you have done your best to give credit to those people whose work helped you write your paper.
5. It’s the right thing to do! When you cite your sources, you are respecting the author's rights to their work.
There are some overall formatting rules you're going to want to follow for the entire paper. Then there are two places in your paper or project where you should show from whom you got your information, i.e. the in-text citation (parenthetical citation) and on the Works Cited page.
Ever wonder why you have to do this citation thing anyway? Here are several reasons:
1. To make you look good. Citing your sources tells your readers you know what you're talking about. Your paper also looks polished and professional.
2. Helps organize your work. Your reader knows what to expect when you use proper formatting. Formatting and style guidelines provide a structure for you too.
3. Helps you critique sources of information. By making sure you cite your sources correctly, you have chosen between good and bad sources of information. For example, if you cannot find the author of a source, chances are you shouldn't be using that source.
4. Plagiarism protection. If you have cited your sources, you have told your reader you have done your best to give credit to those people whose work helped you write your paper.
5. It’s the right thing to do! When you cite your sources, you are respecting the author's rights to their work.
Cite using NoodleTools
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Printing Your Bibliography
- Click "Print/Export."
- You will most likely want to click "Print/Export to Word."
- You will see something download. If you have your popup blocker enabled, it will block the download. Disable the pop up blocker then download again.
- Click the name of the downloaded file to open it.
- Open the file.
- Type your name and the page number into a header by clicking "View" then choose "Header and Footer" from the drop down.
- At the top left of the page, type your name, your teacher's name, the course name and the date on separate lines. See example below.
- Run the Spell and Grammar check one last time.
- Click "Print."
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Sample of a finished annotated bibliography.
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