WHY CITE?

Three reasons:

1.  Give credit where credit is due.  This is not only common courtesy, but if you do not cite your sources, you are implying the work is original research which is a  very serious form of lying known as plagiarism.

2.  Share your awesome sources!  If someone is interested in your research, they can look at your works consulted to find more information.  You are now part of a community of scholars; documenting and sharing information is vital for a healthy community.

3.  Credibility.  If someone looks at your works cited page and sees a large and diverse number of resources, they will see your effort and take your work seriously.

BASIC RULES

• Begin your Works Cited page on a separate page at the end of your paper; use the same margins and headers or page numbers.

• Title the page Works Cited (do not underline the words, bold them, or put them in quotation marks). Center these words at the top of the page.

• Type everything on this page in the same 12-point academic font, double-spaced.

• If a citation drops to a second or third line, those lines should be formatted with a hanging indent. In Google Docs, highlight your citations and select:

  • Format

  • Align & Indent

  • Indentation Options

  • From the pop-up window, click the down arrow under "Special indent" and select "Hanging"