Citing Sources

Citing Sources Allows your audience to know that your evidence is

credible…can I trust you?

Allows you audience to know where you got your

evidence from…are you making it up?

Allows you to give credit to those deserve the

credit…are the ideas in your research your own?

Citation Style During this unit, you will be using APA style citations.

Different types of evidence (Documentaries, Online

Articles, Books, etc.), require different forms of

citations.

Use the following link to access a guide on how to cite

different types of information.

APA Style Guide

Website Citation Basics Author/Creator (Who)

Date (When)

Title (What)

Source (Where, When, Link)

Example:

Bonica, A. (2014, May 3). Citing Sources. Bonicaworldhistory.weebly.com. Retrieved May 3, 2014 from http://bonicaworldhistory.weebly.com/current-events-project.html.

Study/Article Citation Basics http://www.easybib.com/reference/guide/apa/journal