CITING+YOUR+SOURCES

Citing your sources What do you mean? When you use information from another source (book, newspaper, magazine, website, etc.) you need to **cite,** or give proper credit to the author. You also need to tell the reader where you got that information. You can cite your source at the bottom of the page (this is called a footnote)or at the end of your presentation (this is called an endnote). How to write a citation from a website source:***** You will include the following information in this order: **Here is an example:** Author Unknown. (1998). The Explorations of Christopher Columbus.//The Mariners' Museum - Newport News, Virginia.//Accessed October 9, 2003. [|http://www.mariner.org/age/columbus.html] (the citation below is where I got my information on writing citations and is another example) ***** Harnack, Andrew and Kleppinger, Eugene. (2003). Using Principles of APA Style to Cite and Document Sources.//Online! a reference guide to using internet sources.// Accessed October 15, 2003, from[] 
 * 1) Author's last name and first name(if known).
 * 2) The date the information was published on the web.
 * 3) Type the full title of the document.
 * 4) //The title of the complete website (if it applies) in italics.//
 * 5) Type the date you found the information.
 * 6) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Type the complete url of the website.