Does the publication date come before or after the title? Should there be a comma between the location and year? The answer depends on whether you're using the MLA, APA, Chicago,4or CSE/CBE style guide. A citation builder clears up questions writers often have about citing resources appropriately by doing the thinking for them. Individuals indicate their choice of style guide and then simply type in the key information for a book, chapter, website, or a host of other source types, and the program generates a properly formatted citation for them.

Concepts

research writing, citations, library resources, plagiarism

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Write out a proper citation and challenge scholars to recreate it using the citation builder
• Choose a standard citation style for students to use when citing their sources

Classroom Considerations

• Assumes scholars know where to find key information, such as publisher, location, and year
• Includes formats for the MLA, APA, Chicago, and CSE/CBE style guides

Pros

• Includes hyperlinks to sample citations, a citation creation guide, and a chat with a librarian feature
• Adapts to six different citation styles

Cons

• Requires learners to copy and paste citations to a separate document

Common Core

W.9-10.8 W.11-12.8