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Why cite your sources? Citing the sources you use helps to:

• support your ideas,
• validate your argument,
• give credit to the originator of the idea,
• lead readers to additional information about your topic; 
• and, help prevent plagiarism.

Index Card by Reeding Lessons, February 3, 2007 (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) contains writing resources and instructional materials focused on the writing process, academic writing, mechanics, grammar, punctuation, and more. 

Use any of these citation generators to quickly create citations. 

Use with caution, though. Not all are 100% accurate. Some miss finer details like capitalization or punctuation. Proof the final citations according to a style manual.

Need help creating annotated bibliographies? Below are a few sources that help explain what should be included in the annotations:

• Annotated Bibliographies from The Online Writing Center at Purdue University
• Annotated Bibliographies from The Writing Center at University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Writing an Annotated Bibliography from University of Toronto

Citation: A (Very) Brief Introduction

Why We Cite

How We Cite

Writing an Annotated Bibliography