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Most Databases and Library resources have a "Cite", "Citations", or "Citation Tools" that create the Citation for you. Online sources do NOT provide this. Citations are required for your paper or project. Without them, you were likely fail the assignment.
Two big Vendors of our Databases are EBSCO and Gale. Think of Vendors as PepsiCo and Coca-Cola Co--big companies that own lots of brands, and the Databases as Sprite (owned by Coca-Cola Co) and Mountain Dew (owned by PepsiCo).
Both of these Vendors place the Citation Tool on the Right-hand side of the entry. You simply click on the tool to open the citation. Choose which Citation Style, and you can either download or copy and paste it into your document.
In-Text-Citations, otherwise known as Parenthetical Citations, are what you see within the document. Different Citation Styles require the In-Text Citation to be formatted in specific ways. It provides enough information that your reader can follow it to your end of paper citation.
APA refers to this as the Reference List and MLA calls it Works Cited. Either way, it is at the end of your paper, on a separate sheet of paper. It should be doubled spaced, with a hanging indent (see below). This should provide your reader with enough information that they can find the resource to verify or further research your topic. It follows a very specific format. To better understand these Citation Styles, please refer to the APA and MLA links on the left.
