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Cite Your Sources

Why Cite Your Sources?
It's important to cite sources you used in your research for several reasons:

To show your reader you've done proper research by listing sources you used to get your information
To be a responsible scholar by giving credit to other researchers and acknowledging their ideas
To avoid plagiarism by quoting words and ideas used by other authors
To allow your reader to track down the sources you used by citing them accurately in your paper by way of footnotes, a bibliography or reference list

Resources
MLA Example Essay & Works Cited Page
MLA In-Text Citations
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MLA Guide from OWL Purdue