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Of Mice and Men - Zoloto: Parts of a Citation

Parts of a Citation

In academic research, we need to have a bibliography to show others what resources we used. A bibliography has multiple citations, with all the sources you used.

In MLA style, a bibliography is called a List of Works Cited (or "Works Cited" for short)

A citation has information about a resource that you are using. The information included in a citation typically includes:

  • Author
  • Date of publication
  • Main title
  • Secondary title (subtitle)
  • Publisher/sponsor
  • Place of publication (ONLY for print materials)
  • Date of access (ONLY for electronic resources)
  • Medium of format (like Print or Web)

Below are a couple of examples to help identify parts of a citation.

 

Print resource (book):

Citation parts of a book

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electronic resource (web page):

citation parts of a web site

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In addition to the citation, this assignment calls for an annotation (we are creating an annotated bibliography). An annotation is a 3-5 complete sentence summary of the source.