Citing Sources "You cite sources for two reasons. One is to show readers where you obtained your material. The other is to offer readers a list of references should they want to read more about the subject." The sentence above is a direct quote from a book on writing term papers. As it is quoted directly, it is necessary to acknowledge the source used. In this case it is: William C. Paxson, The Mentor Guide to Writing Term Papers and Reports (New York, N.Y. : New American Library, 1988), p. 165. There are two main ways to cite information in a paper, Footnotes or Endnotes and Parenthetical References. Your teacher will tell you which method to use. The APA Style, MLA Style and Turabian Style are different formats used in writing a paper. Your teacher will tell you which to use. Whatever method and style you use, you are accomplishing the important task of acknowledging and documenting the sources of your information. You cite your source: to give the origin of facts or opinions when using a direct quote when paraphrasing someone else's work when stating a fact that is not commonly known when stating controversial facts or opinions

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Citing from a script on-line:

 

Director’s  first and last name      ___________________________________________, dir.

 

Title of movie you are citing       ____________________________________________ .

(Correctly capitalized and underlined)

 

Screenplay (script) by                 _____________________________________________ .

 

Distributed  by                 ___________________________________________­­­­_______ ,

Look at the http://www.imdb.com  under Overview and Company credits for this info

 

Year of release (copyright)        _____________________________________________ .

 

Date of last update  ________________________________________________________ .

27 Mar. 2003  (use this format)

 

Name of sponsoring organization for website    _________________________________ .

 

Date of  your access     __________________________________________________________ .

url address          ___________________________________________________________ .

(Remember to rightclick and remove the hyperlink).

Hensen, Brian, dir.  Muppet Treasure Island. Screenplay by Jerry Juhl.  Buena Vista, 

          1996. 27 Mar. 2003.   Council of Muppet Pirates.  29  March 2004. <http://www.council-

           of-muppet-pirates.com/mti_transcript.html>.