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Personal Development 115: How to Cite

This guide provides students with tips and recommended resources for research for Personal Development 115.

Why We Cite

This brief video explains why citations are so important (there are more reasons than you may know):

Video © 2010-2012 The Writing Center at UNC Chapel Hill

MLA Citation Guides

Most library databases include a citation tool that allows you to generate a citation for the source in different citation styles. Always check automatically-generated citations against the citation guidelines to make sure they are accurate. Use the following guidelines for help citing your sources using the MLA citation style:

Citing Images in MLA Style

MLA Image Citation Formats

The exact format of a citation for an image source will depend on the type of image and where you found it. Generally, you will need to include the following:

  • the name of the image creator
  • the title of the image
  • the date the image was created
  • the citation information for the source where you accessed the image

MLA Guides for Image Citations

MLA 8th Edition Citation Style

MLA 9th Edition Citation Style

This tutorial provides interactive instruction in creating MLA 9th Edition citations for different types of sources.

If you have trouble accessing this tutorial from off campus, try logging into My.SBCC.edu in a different browser tab, then reloading this page. If that doesn't work, follow the direct link above to open the tutorial outside of this guide.

Tutorial: MLA 8th Edition Citation Style

MLA 9th Edition Citation Style

This tutorial The following tutorial provides interactive instruction in creating MLA 9th Edition citations for different types of sources.

If you have trouble accessing this tutorial from off campus, try logging into My.SBCC.edu in a different browser tab, then reloading this page. If that doesn't work, follow the direct link above to open the tutorial outside of this guide.