Environmental Earth and Geospatial Sciences: Citation

What is a citation? A citation....

• describes a book, journal article, website, or other published item
• gives credit to the originator of an idea, thus preventing plagiarism
• enables the reader to retrieve the item you refer to
• includes the author, title, source (publisher and place of publication or URL), and date

Plagiarism Tutorial

RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION ONLINE 5^th ed

Landmarks Citation Machine  

Choose the appropriate style (APA, MLA, etc.) and fill in the forms to create citations for any format.

EndNote is a very sophisticated citation manager that offers the largest number of citation formats and options. The files reside on the computer which does not make it dependent on an internet connection; it does offer a basic but less functional Web based option; it is considered more difficult to learn and use.