When you find items in OneSearch, you can click on the citation tool above the short description:
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Clicking on the tool will open a box in which you can choose your citation style and then copy the citation:
Note: Always double-check the citations generated through automatic tools, which can make errors. The Excelsior College OWL is a good, free site where you can check the full set of rules.
Databases may also have their own citation generators. When you click on an article, look around the page for the word "cite"; there might be an icon using "" quotation marks.
The location of the cite button varies from database to database.
Good places to look include the side of the screen:
--or the top of the screen when you have the article open.
Choose your citation style--MLA for this assigment.
Note: Always double-check the citations generated through automatic tools, which can make errors. The Excelsior College OWL is a good, free site where you can check the full set of rules.
A citation tells your reader some basic information about the document you're discussing. It should include:
Citations of any "style" all include this information, but the order and punctuation might vary a bit. MLA is usually the style used by people writing about literature, so most college English classes use MLA style.
Whenever there is no "cite" button to click, you can write your own citation.
The following examples show you the correct order of information, as well as the periods, commas, quotation marks, and use of capitalization and italics for MLA style citations:
The basic order in MLA is:
Last name, First name [if there is an author--for government documents, you can use the name of the government agency.] "Title of document." Title of Larger Publication if There Is One, Date Month Year, URL.
If your article is part of a periodical (something like a journal or magazine that gets published on a regular basis) you should also include the volume and issue number.
Here is an example of a government document citation:
United States Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
"Specifications for Medical Examinations of Underground Coal Miners." The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 9 Jan. 2012, www.cdc.gov/niosh/docket/archive/docket225.html
In the Black Freedom Struggle database, there is no "cite" button so you will have to create your own citations.
For example, if you have this information:
Your citation would be:
DuBois, W.E.B. "An Essay Toward the History of the Black Man in the Great War." The Crisis, vol 18, no. 2, 1919, http://blackfreedom.proquest.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/dubois20.pdf.
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