You will be asked to cite all of your sources for all of the work you hand in at Manhattanville. What does that mean?
It means that every time you borrow from a source -- quote something from one of the books or articles you found -- you will need to mention that the words and ideas are someone else's and not your own.
It means you will need to write a list -- a bibliography -- accompanying your work of every one of the sources you borrowed from, and the list will need to be formatted in a way requested by your professor.
That's it.
In this portion of the guide you'll find tools and tips that will make this process a breeze.
Download a copy of both of these handouts and hang on to them -- you'll be surprised at how useful you'll find them throughout your time at Manhattanville.
The Library doesn't have a handout for Chicago 17th, because the Chicago Manual of Style Quick Guide is all you need to cite in that format.
We also don't have a handout for the American Sociological Association's own citation style. But fear not, they publish their own tip sheet -- download a copy below.
In-Text Citations
Remember that your borrowed quotes, facts, and ideas will needed to be cited in-text as well as in your bibliography. This information is already in your handouts, but for quick reference, check out these helpful snippets for rules and examples.
MLA 8th
APA 7th
ASA 4th
Lucky break for Chicago 17th users -- that style does not require in-text citation, preferring foot or endnotes instead. Check out these diagrams over on the right for more info.
What if...
you simply decide to not cite your sources? Or if you find a paper online that's much better written then yours, and you hand that in like it's your own?
Feel free to delve into Manhattanville's official policies on academic integrity and plagiarism to find out the consequences of these actions.
Bibliographic Citations
As you'll see in your handouts, the are many ways to cite sources, and the number of authors a book has or where online you found that article will make a difference in how that source is cited.
For example, this diagram on the left shows how you would cite an article you found on a website using the MLA 8th format. And this diagram on the right shows how you would cite that same article if you found it in a subscription database like ProQuest using MLA 8th.
...But wait! What if you found that article in the magazine that it was originally printed in? Yup, MLA 8th has a style for that, too.
APA 7th has it's own set of citation rules that make differentiating source types important. For example, some databases will provide a DOI number (Digital Object Identifier) with an article or ebook to make it easier to retrieve from the database. APA 7th wants you to mention this number whenever you find it attached to one of your sources, like so:
This number helps the reader link back to the borrowed source.
When using Chicago 17th citation style, you will be asked to mention your sources with footnotes or endnotes instead of in-text citations. Here are a few examples of how this is used:
That's how you would cite a book with one author and a magazine article, respectively. Clearly not too much you couldn't handle knowing what you know about APA and MLA citation styles. Here's some more:
...Here's how to cite a film... ...and a newspaper... ...and a video found online... ...and a podcast!
Guess what? There's even websites that help you format citations by plugging in the important information of the sources you borrow from. You can use them to generate your whole bibliography if you want to.
Except they're covered with ads.
And ugly. Just awful to look at.
And ultimately, you can write the citations yourself.