CITATION
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Citation connects you and your readers to a whole world of ideas. A citation simply indicates to your audience where your information has come from.
It gives authenticity, credibility, and authority to your information, plus it tells your audience where they can go to find out more about your interesting topic. If you don’t cite a piece of information, your audience can assume that it has come from your knowledge and understanding.
A citation must provide enough information to help your audience know exactly where to find that source.
CITATION GENERATOR
Why use a citation generator?
A citation generator helps you by:
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Formatting your citation in MLA style (or other required formats).
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Prompting you for the necessary information to include.
It’s a simple and convenient tool!
Which citation generator should you use?
The library recommends MyBib.com as it functions as effectively as other citation generators and does not host advertisements, ensuring your personal information is not shared with advertising platforms. Zotero is a highly sophisticated citation manager. While EasyBib and Citefast are also effective, they do contain advertisements.
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Here are other citation generators you may consider using:
CITATION STYLE
UWCSEA East Campus follows the MLA citation style, a standardized method for formatting references. Using a citation generator like MyBib.com simplifies the process. In Middle School and High School, students can use MyBib to create formal MLA citations. By Grade 11 and 12, students should be capable of producing accurate citation details on their own.
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A citation style includes:
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A “Works Cited” list, which includes all the sources you’ve cited in your document, arranged alphabetically at the end.
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In-text citations, which are placed in the body of your work (e.g., in an essay) to indicate which information is your own and which comes from other sources.
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Includes
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b) Title
​c) Information about the container for that information (eg. youtube, books, newspapers, journals, galleries).
All grade levels K-12 are able to provide some information about these details.​
QUICK START GUIDES
Where can I go if I need help with a specific citation question?
This website offers excellent resources to help answer your questions. Be sure to check out the sample papers, as they provide a clear example of what a properly formatted document looks like.
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This page offers an overview of how an MLA 9 Works Cited list is structured and formatted.
The library also provides an electronic version for a quick start.
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OWL offers a comprehensive MLA guide that provides an in-depth view of citation style. If you encounter a challenging citation question, this is a great resource to find the answers you need.
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This page provides an overview of how to create in-text citations. For more details, visit OWL Purdue for their comprehensive In-Text Citation Guide.
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This MLA page shows the different ways of citing sources based on their type, such as books, websites, journal articles, videos, photographs, and more.
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Citing ChatGPT or generative AI in MLA style
You need to cite a generative AI tool whenever you paraphrase, quote or incorporate it into your work. You also need to acknowledge how you have used it and check the sources cited in the AI response. Visit the style.MLA website for a full description and guide to citing ChatGPT or any other generative AI.
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This site provides a clear and easy-to-understand guidance for most of your MLA 9 citation needs.
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Word Count
​Please refer to the following guidance on what content should be included in the word count ("Word counts", Extended Essay Guide (first assessment 2018)).​
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Extended Essay Quick Guide on Citations
If you are citing for the Extended Essay then keep the below details in mind (excerpt from the Extended Essay Guide updated May 2021, page 33, published by the IBO):
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Students are expected to use a standard style and use it consistently so that credit is given to all sources used, including sources that have been paraphrased or summarized.
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When writing, students must clearly distinguish (in the body of the text) between their words and those of others by the use of quotation marks (or other method like indentation) followed by an appropriate citation that denotes an entry in the bibliography.
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Students are not expected to show faultless expertise in referencing, but are expected to demonstrate that all sources have been acknowledged.
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Students must be advised that any audio-visual material, text, graphs, images and/or data that is crucial to their work and that is not their own must also attribute the source. Again, an appropriate style of referencing/citation must be used.
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Regardless of the reference style adopted by the school for a given subject, it is expected that the minimum information given includes:
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name of author
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date of publication
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title of source
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page numbers as applicable
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date of access (electronic sources)
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URL.
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For the bibliography, follow the minimum requirements as summarized on the last page of the Effective citing and referencing document.​​​
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