Citing Your Sources
MLA Style Guides
- Purdue Owl's MLA Style GuideAn online guide to citing sources and formatting papers in MLA style.
- MLA handbook for writers of research papersCall Number: LB2369 .G53
When to Cite Sources
You must cite a source in all of the following situations:
- Using a direct quote from another author
- Paraphrasing the words of another author
- Including another author's ideas, even if you disagree with them
- Whenever you're not sure whether or not you need to cite a source