6 & 7: Citation Generation - ENGL 102 - Library Skills Objectives - Maple Woods - LibGuides at Metropolitan Community College Kansas City

Objectives

Students will use citation tools in library databases to cite sources accurately.
Students will select the appropriate citation style for their discipline.

Objective Video

Citation Style By Discipline

Citation Style	Subjects
MLA	English, modern languages, humanities
APA	Psychology, health care, social sciences
Chicago	History, arts, anthropology

Which citation style should I use?
A more detailed listing of citation styles commonly used for each subject/discipline.

Using Database Citation Tools

An animated gif showing an article record in Proquest Research Library. The mouse clicks on the Cite button in the righthand corner and opens the Cite window. They click to open a dropdown menu and select MLA 9th edition. The completed citation appears.

An animated gif showing an article record in Academic Search Elite. The mouse clicks on the Cite button on the right side of the page and opens the Citation Format list. They scroll down to the APA 7th edition entry.

An animated gif showing an article record in Gale Health Reference Center. The mouse clicks the Cite button at the top right and opens the Citation Tools window.

An animated gif showing an article in JSTOR. The mouse clicks the Cite button on the lefthand side of the page. A Cite This Item window opens showing generated citations.

Citation Resources

Common Machine-Generated Errors

MLA

Incorrect dates. Dates should be listed as day month year. Ex: 12 Jan. 2021. Month names longer than 4 letters should be abbreviated as follows: Jan., Feb., Mar., Apr., Aug., Sept., Oct., Nov., Dec.
Including https://. Remove https:// from website urls, but keep it for dois.
Capitalization errors. [Explain which to capitalize.] Fix any titles rendered in ALL CAPS.
Missing containers. Sometimes the database will leave out the publication an article comes from. Check the database record to make sure no elements have been left out.

APA

Capitalization errors. APA titles should only capitalize the first word, the first word after a colon, and proper nouns. Ex: A brief history of Missouri: A monograph. Databases sometimes capitalize too much or render proper nouns in lowercase.
Missing containers. Sometimes the database will leave out the publication an article comes from. Check the database record to make sure no elements have been left out.
More than six authors. In APA 7, up to 20 authors should be listed before using an ellipses.