General Education Information Literacy at Millersville University

This tutorial provides an overview of why it is important to cite sources, and an explanation for why different citation formats and citation styles exist.

The major types of plagiarism and how to avoid them in your own writing.

Students will be able to identify the required elements of APA 7th edition citation style in order to properly format in-text and reference list citations in their assignments. The tutorial includes several “check your understanding” questions with drag and drop exercises where students can format citations of different source types properly.

This video is one of three videos on the Chicago Style of citations, focusing on journals (see the companion videos for information on book and website citations). It focuses on the note-bibliography style.

Use this tutorial to provide students with an overview of the MLA 9th Edition citation style, including both in-text citation format and works cited format. This tutorial provides an explanation and examples of different sources using the container concept introduced in MLA 8, and also includes several “check your understanding” questions with drag and drop exercises where students can format citations of different source types properly.