When should I cite?
If an idea wasn't yours, you should cite it in-text. This includes:
- Direct quotations
- Paraphrasing (putting someone else's ideas into your own words)
- Using an idea that someone else gave you in a conversation, email, class, etc.
- Describing an idea that influenced your work
- Expert opinion or lending authority to your own opinion
- Giving any information that isn't common knowledge
- Using any or all of a previously created work of your own design (yes: self-plagiarism is a real thing)
- MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers byCall Number: LB2369 .G53 2016
Annotated Bibliography How-to
- Cornell University Annotated Bibliography GuideNote that the bolding on this page is incorrect. The citation itself should not appear in bold, unless your instructor has given you specific directions to do so.
Last Updated: Oct 28, 2024 3:02 PM
URL: https://library.brockport.edu/eng112
URL: https://library.brockport.edu/eng112