LSU Libraries - The Research Process

CONTENTS:
Introduction
Clearly define your topic
Collect/find information
Evaluate the information you find
Use and/or do something with the information
Use the information ethically and legally

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So how do you go about documenting, or citing, your sources?

A citation -

tells where you got your information.
is a reference to an exact source of information.
Includes all of the information someone might need in order to find that source of information again.

It is important that you have the FULL citation. This should include all of the information someone (maybe even you, years from now) might need to find that same source of information.

Full citations require the same basic information:

Author
Title
Publisher
Date of publication

Citations to journal articles also include:

Journal title
Volume, issue and page

Citations to electronic items also include:

Web address
Date item was accessed

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