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A citation is a reference to another body of work or source within another. These are used to attribute ideas, quotes, and other intellectual rights to another body of work. There are many different citation style guides (MLA, APA, Harvard, Vancouver, Chicago, etc.) that are relevant to different disciplines.
There is never an excuse not to cite. No matter how small the idea borrowed, how short the quote inserted - academic integrity is your responsibility as a student. Citing your sources helps you avoid plagiarism, but it also lends credibility to your work by showing the sources and evidence that back it up and by showing your understanding of the material by researching relevant sources and applying them to your work. Failure to cite can result in academic action up to and including expulsion. You can review Crescent's policies on academic integrity at each academic level here.
Book: Author Last Name, First Name. Title. Publisher, Year.
Reiner, Andrew. Better Boys, Better Men: The New Masculinity That Creates Greater Courage and Emotional Resiliency. HarperCollins, 2020.
Website: Author Last Name, First Name. "Title of Page or Article." Title of Site, Sponsor or Publisher [include only if different from website title or author], Date of Publication or Update Date, URL. Accessed Date [optional].
Reiner, Andrew. "Teaching Men to be Emotionally Honest." The New York Times, 2016. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/10/education/edlife/teaching-men-to-be-emotionally-honest.html
Periodical: Author Last Name, First Name. "Title." Periodical Title, Publication Information [volume, issue/number, year, pages]. Name of Database, DOI, Permalink or shortened URL for article in the database.
Garbarino, James. "Lessons Learned About Resilience." Children, Youth and Environments, vol. 13 no. 1, 2003, p. 299-301. Project MUSE, https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/cye.2003.0010.
Note: Chicago Style has a focus on the use of footnotes. Please again refer to our full guide for more information. This guide only shows how to reference Chicago Style in a bibliography.
Book: Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication.
Reiner, Andrew. Better Boys, Better Men: The New Masculinity That Creates Greater Courage and Emotional Resiliency. San Franciso: HarperCollins, 2020.
Website: Last Name, First Name. “Title of Web Page.” Name of Website. Publishing organization, publication or revision date if available. Access date if no other date is available. URL .
Reiner, Andew. "Teaching Men to be Emotionally Honest." The New York Times. April 4, 2016. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/10/education/edlife/teaching-men-to-be-emotionally-honest.html
Periodical: Last Name, First Name. “Title.” Periodical including volume number, issue (year): pages. Date accessed if electronic journal. URL DOI if electronic journal.
Garbarino, James. "Lessons Learned About Resilience." Children, Youth and Environments 13, no. 1 (2003): 299-301. Accessed January 1, 2023. https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/cye.2003.0010.
Book: Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work with only first word and proper nouns capitalized: Same for the subtitle. Publisher Name. DOI (if available)
Reiner, A. (2020). Better boys, better men: The new masculinity that creates greater courage & emotional resiliency. HarperCollins.
Website: Author Last Name, F. M. (Year, Month Date). Title of page with only first word and proper nouns capitalized: Same for the subtitle. Site name. URL
Reiner, A. (2016, April 4). Teaching men to be emotionally honest. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/10/education/edlife/teaching-men-to-be-emotionally-honest.html
Periodical: Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article with only first word and proper nouns capitalized. Periodical Title, volume number(issue number), pages. DOI
Garbarino, J. (2003). Lessons learned about resilience. Children, Youth and Environments, 13(1), 299-301. https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/cye.2003.0010.
MyBib is a citation generator that allows you to enter the necessary information for a citation, which it will then generate for you to copy-paste into your works cited.
MyBib does make mistakes. While it's a great tool for getting you started and keeping track of long lists of citations, especially in formats you may not be familiar with, be sure to always double-check your own work when using a citation generator to avoid making mistakes and developing bad habits.