CitingSources

 CITING SOURCES IN YOUR WRITING:
When you use information from another source in your own writing, you need to cite it. You need to explain where you got the information, and you need to give credit to that author.

Here are some examples of citing sources, or explaining where information is from, by using the author's name or the source's name in the sentence:

According to Taft's book //American History Rules//, history is "more interesting than science" (9). However, the website "Schweiter's Shrine to Science" argues that Taft is sorely mistaken.

Barth's latest article published in //Truth in Education// rightfully declares that English indeed is "far superior to history and science" (210). Barth also refutes Georgeson's claim that math is cooler than English (211).

If you have a page number for your source, you should include it in parentheses at the end of the sentence. Websites don't have page numbers, so there is nothing to include at the end of the sentence.

If you do not use the author's name or the source name in the sentence, include it in the parentheses with the page number at the end. For example:

History is "more interesting than science" (Taft 9).

English is "far superior to history and science" (Barth 210).