Citing

In many of your assignments, you will be instructed to cite your sources or prepare a bibliography using a certain citation style (sometimes called a style guide).

Not sure what these mean? Let's have a look.

Citing: Citing your sources is the process of giving credit when you use someone else's words or ideas. You do this by preparing a Works Cited list (some people refer to this as a Bibliography.)

Citation style: This is a series of rules. It outlines how to give credit to the sources you've used in your assignment.