Learning how to conduct accurate, discipline-specific academic research can feel daunting at first. But, with a solid understanding of the reasoning behind why we use academic citations coupled with ...

Most sources you come across for will follow the basic structure for an MLA citation. Even sources you might think are unusual, like a pamphlet, a magazine advertisement, or a message posted to a ...

Citations function to give proper credit to the authors and works that have shaped your research and writing. Citations help readers understand how your own statements stand in relation to research or ...

Let's say you need to cite a dictionary definition (we'll use "hendecasyllabe", just for argument's sake). Pretty straight forward: note the source somehow in context ...

MLA, which stands for Modern Language Association format, may be used for various forms of writing. Since texts are increasingly digitized, and the same material may be accessed from several sources, ...

Compiled by Karen Jackson, KnightCite user and Class of 2009 KnightCite is an online citation generator service provided by the Hekman Library of Calvin University. This service simplifies the often ...