 Citations give credit to the source! Citations allow researchers to build on each other’s work.

Who – who created, wrote or edited it. Author’s last name, first. Pietrusza, David.

What – as in, what are you citing. Could be a poem, a book, a chapter of a book or a website or one of 100 other items. “Title of poem, chapter, section.” Title of Book. “Cigarettes and Disease.” Smoking.

Pietrusa, David. “Cigarettes and Disease.” Smoking. Or Pietrusa, David. Smoking.

Who published it? When was it published? For a book that could be a city and state, then the publisher. Then add when-the date. Place of publication: Publisher, copy right date. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books, 1996.

Pietrusa, David. “Cigarettes and Disease.” Smoking. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books, Include page numbers if you are only using a section of the book.

What format is the material you are using, print, cd, dvd, web etc.? Book, magazine, newspaper=Print. Websites, database, anything online=Web. Radio=Radio. Interview=Interview. ETC! Pietrusa, David. “Cigarettes and Disease.” Smoking. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books, Print.

Pietrusa, David. “Cigarettes and Disease.” Smoking. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books, Print.