Understanding how to credit your sources using short in-text citations (or footnotes) can help you avoid plagiarism.
The longer citation in your “References” or “Works Cited” list (at the end of your paper) includes, at least, the author, title, and source information.
The next pages will help you with reading the parts of a citation and translating the parts into either the MLA or APA citation style formats.
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