ENG102 - First-Year Composition

A citation identifies for your readers the original source from which you plucked an idea, image, or other information that now resides in your own research paper, website, or other work.
 
You must cite the following:

• A direct quote is taken verbatim from another source
• Any source you paraphrase, summarize, or from which you obtained ideas
• Ideas or facts that are not common knowledge

A basic citation includes the author(s), title, publication date, page numbers, and other "bibliographic" elements arranged in a particular order.
 

Why Cite?

• Give yourself some credit.  When you cite, you show evidence of your own research and hard work.
• Give credit to others and avoid Plagiarism. When you incorporate ideas and information from other authors--whether through direct quotes or paraphrasing--be fair by acknowledging their work.
• Become part of the chain of scholarship. Contribute to your readers' own research process by giving them the opportunity to follow up on your source material.

The library has the MLA Handbook and additional resources to help you with MLA formatting.

Steps to add the EasyBib Bibliography Greator to Google Docs:

1) First, login to your Maricopa Gmail

2) Click on the Google Apps icon - it looks like this: 

3) Select "Docs" from the menu

4) Start a new blank document

5) Go to "Add-ons" menu and select, "Get add-on"

6) Choose "EasyBib" on the first screen

7) After EasyBib installs, go back to Add-ons menu and choose, "EasyBib Bibliography Creator" - Manage Bibliography

8) A sidebar will open, select your preferred citation style 

9) Choose the publication type: book, journal article or website and paste in either the book title, journal article title, or URL

10) EasyBib will provide citations that may match - choose the one that matches your source and preview it for accuracy. 

11) Click, "Add bibliography to doc"