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Citing Sources

Though your assignments are in video formats, you will be required to cite your research. This guide provides information on MLA, APA, and Chicago styles, as well as information about creating annotated bibliographies. The librarians, Research Help Desk student workers, and Reading/Writing Center tutors are all happy to help with any additional citation questions you may have.

Tredway Library Citation Guide
See this guide for more information about citation in general. Includes a plagiarism tutorial and examples of common citation styles.
Augustana Reading/Writing Center
The Reading/Writing Center in the Gerber Center is an excellent place to go to for more in-depth help with citations. Check out their website to learn more about this free service.
Schewe Library Citation Guides
Schewe Library at Illinois College (my former library) has a number of excellent guides for MLA, APA, and Chicago styles. I created and managed the MLA guide there -- it's a great resource for figuring out how to cite any variety of source types.

MLA Handbook by The Modern Language Association of America
Call Number: Reference (2nd Floor) LB2369 .M52 2021
ISBN: 9781603293518
Publication Date: 2021-05-30
This is the official MLA Handbook (9th edition), available in the reference section of the Thomas Tredway Library. It provides guidance on formatting (heading, page numbers, spacing, and font size as required by your assignment), in-text citations, quoting and paraphrasing, avoiding plagiarism, using inclusive language, and more.
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association by American Psychological Association
Call Number: Reference (2nd Floor) BF76.7 .P83 2020
ISBN: 9781433832161
Publication Date: 2019-10-01
The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Seventh Edition is the official source for APA Style. It is the style manual of choice for writers, researchers, editors, students, and educators in the social and behavioral sciences, natural sciences, nursing, communications, education, business, engineering, and other fields.
The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th Edition by The University The University of Chicago Press Editorial Staff
Call Number: full text online, print available at Reference (2nd Floor) Z253 .U69 2017
ISBN: 9780226287058
Publication Date: 2017-09-05
This seventeenth edition of The Chicago Manual of Style has been prepared with an eye toward how we find, create, and cite information that readers are as likely to access from their pockets as from a bookshelf. It offers updated guidelines on electronic workflows and publication formats, tools for PDF annotation and citation management, web accessibility standards, and effective use of metadata, abstracts, and keywords.

Writing an Annotated Bibliography
This resource is adapted from materials created by Illinois College's Schewe Library (Garrett's former library) which provides details on how to create annotated bibliographies in MLA, APA, and Chicago styles.