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A citation or reference is the information given in a bibliography or a database about a particular title, which often includes:

• article title or chapter title
• periodical title or book title
• author(s) or editor(s)
• place of publication
• date of publication
• publisher name
• volume/issue (articles) or edition (books)
• page range
• medium of publication
• electronic access (URL or DOI)
• date accessed

Citations give credit to those whose ideas have contributed to your research and give your readers enough information to locate the sources you used. There are many ways to format citations. The style you choose depends on your field and the requirements set by your professor or publisher.

Bibliography: A list of sources about a single topic. Each discipline has its own style for creating and formatting bibliographies.

Plagiarism: Using another's words, ideas, or other original work without giving proper credit (usually through citation).

RefWorks: A web-based tool that helps you manage citations, create bibliographies, and import references from databases. It can convert stored citations into formatted bibliographies. Formatting styles include APA, Chicago, and MLA.

Works Cited: A list of sources you have cited in your paper.