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Saving Citations for "References" and "Works Cited"

Cite Sources

As you search, take care to record full citations and the name of the database in which each was found. Once you end a browser session, search results are not easy to retrieve! You may wonder whether a citation refers to a book, article, book review, book chapter, or something else, like a video. Following are elements of basic document types you will encounter:

Book

Note:

Author(s) or editor(s)
Book title
Publisher and Place of Publication
Year of publication

Chapter in a Book

Note:

Chapter author(s)
Book author(s) or editor(s)
Chapter title
Book title
Publisher and Place of Publication
Year of publication
Page numbers for the chapter cited

Journal Article

Note:

Article author(s)
Article title
Journal or Source title
Journal volume and issue numbers
Date of publication
Page numbers for the article

Also note the name of the database in which you found the article, and the DOI (document object identifier) of the article, if available.

Video

Note:

Video title
Director
Producer
Distributor
Year
Format (Film, Television)

TV Show

Note:

Producer
Date aired
Show title
Place (broadcast studio location)
TV network

Worksheet 2

Please complete: [add LibWizard item for Business Tutorial Exercise #2]

Worksheet 3

Please complete: [add LibWizard item for Business Tutorial Exercise #3]