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How to do that citation for the Research Paper or Project

Citation of Sources: Bibliography and Note Format

Urban School uses two methods for citation: Check with your teacher to learn which style should be used for your research work.

• Turabian using footnotes is the style of choice for the History Department.
• MLA (Modern Language Association) using endnotes or in-text citation is favored by other departments.

Guide and examples-- All you really need

• Guide to assembling a list of works cited in your paper from Duke University Libraries.
• Examples created by History department, Rebecca Shapiro.

Additional help and guides

Interactive Citation Builders

• Landmarks Citation Machine: Interactive Web tool which automates citation creation in MLA or APA format.
• NoodleBibExpress Citation Help (free version)

Turabian examples and help

• Turabian Citation Guide for Footnotes and Bibliographic entries from Bridgewater State College.
• Color-coded Turabian guide from Long Island University.
• Turabian examples from Ithaca College.
• Turabian Style guide as a PDF from Concordia University.

MLA examples

• MLA Style Guide or works cited from Purdue
• MLA Citation Style from Concordia
  
  
• Citing sources from the A+ Research and Writing Guide of the Internet Public Library's Teen Division.
• Examples of bibliographies in the four styles of documentation in MLA, Turabian, Chicago, and APA from Long Island University.
• Documentation Guide from Concordia Citation. Concordia University Libraries.

For additional help with research and writing, check out A+ Research and Writing Guide the Internet Public Library's Teen Division step by step guide.

Example of a Bibliography page. Note that each entry is outdented, entries are not numbered, and the entries are in alphabetical order by the first word of the entry. Use the power of a word processing application to "automate" the correct formatting of the bibliography page. [Note: titles are underlined for bibliographic format and are not active links.]

Bird, William. "A Spate of New Toys Invades America's Living Rooms," Smithsonian,
	June 1989, pp. 81-88.
Fraser, Antonia. "The Nursery before the First World War," A History of Toys, pp.178-195.
Kernan, Michael. "Buddy, Jean and me, going Great Guns," Smithsonian, August 1990, p. 142.
Pensee, Debbie. "More Favorite Toys," Discovery Channel. World premier, Wednesday,
	November 18, 1998, 10-11 pm. Show/movie.
Stewart, Doug. "In the Cutthroat World of Toy Sales, Child's Play is Serious Business,"
	Smithsonian, June 1988, pp. 73-76.
"Toy," The New Encyclopaedia Britannica (1994) Vol. 11, p. 879.
Weiss, Michael. "Go Ahead, Give it a Whirl," Toys were us [Online] Available
	http://www.discovery.com/stories/history/toys/FRISBEE/birthday1.html May 4, 1999.
Weiss, Michael. "Life in Plastic, It's Fantastic" Toys were us [Online] Available
	http://www.discovery.com/stories/history/toys/BARBIE/shoulda.html May 4, 1999.
Weiss, Michael. "Zing Went the Spring" Toys were us [Online] Available
	http://www.discovery.com/stories/history/toys/SLINKY/shoulda.html May 4, 1999.

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Last updated 6 January 2007.