This page will get you started, but for more information, you can click here to see the Library's comprehensive guide to Citing Sources.
Also, don't forget about the LAVC Writing Center (LARC 2nd floor) -- that's a great place to go for help with citations, references, and bibliographies!
MLA Handbook by One advantage of doing your research through the Library's website is access to built-in citation tools. You'll find a citation generator in most Library databases.
Be sure to check these citations carefully before turning in your work. Computers make mistakes too! When you click through on the title of an article in Gale Literary Sources (GLS), you see a menu of tools on the right. The first item is Citation Tools.
Click the link and a window will open with your citation:
JSTOR also includes a citation generator. From your result list, click to open the article record:
One advantage of doing your research through the Library's website is access to built-in citation tools. You'll find the "Cite" feature pictured here in other databases we get from EBSCO (including Academic Search Complete).
Be sure to check these citations carefully before turning in your work. Computers make mistakes too!
When you click through on the title of an article in Academic Search Complete, you see an icon that looks like a piece of paper and the word "Cite." If you're on the page with the PDF of that article, you see just the icon.
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