Developmental Writing

In writing your research paper, you will usually use the ideas of previous authors.  In order to use and build on those ideas in your paper, you must cite where information comes from.

There are three main reasons why you need to cite:

1. Prevent plagiarism 

2. Allows anyone who reads your paper enough information to find the source you used

3. Give credit to the author

From Hacker Guide:

When citing an electronic article retrieved from a database in the Chicago Style, remember to put the article title in italics and capitalize the appropriate words (NOT capitalizing the, and, or, of, etc. unless it is the first word of the title as in the above example).  The title of the journal is also capitalized and italicized.  Include the home link to the database from which you found/retrieved the article.