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Citing your Sources

It is important to properly cite your sources when writing a research paper, in order to give credit to the original creator and avoid plagiarism. You will need to cite your sources in two places: in-text and at the end of your paper in your list of references. This guide helps with both! Different disciplines use different formatting style guides. Select the style that you need from the list below:

Automatic Citations

Title of Citations Page

This is what the list of citations at the end of your paper is called, depending on which citation style you are using.

Citation Style Name of citations page
APA References
MLA Works Cited
Chicago Bibliography

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