You can use these book titles (and others) as well as the websites listed below to help accurately model citations for different sources. Please keep in mind that APA has updated to the 7th edition and that many websites still provide examples in 7th edition style. Please check with your professor about citation requirements.
Cite Right: A Quick Guide to citation styles---MLA, APA,....and more. Lipson, Charles (Call# PN171.F56 L55 2011) Also available online
A Manual for writers of term papers, theses and dissertations. Turabian, Kate (Call# LB2369. T8 1996)
There are more books available on citation formats as well.
Here are some online sites that illustrate APA and MLA citation styles:
A NOTE ON PLAGIARISM:
"Plagiarism, specifically, is a term used to describe a practice that involves knowingly taking and using another person’s work and claiming it, directly or indirectly, as your own." (Neville, 2007, p. 28)
In the United States, plagiarism is taken very seriously, both legally and ethically. It can lead to disciplinary action such as expulsion from the University. Additionally, plagiarizing will damage your reputation and credibility as a scholar in Western academia. Plagiarism can be intentional (purchasing a research paper online or sharing a test with a friend) or unintentional (improperly citing a source in a paper or using an author's words without giving her/him credit). This below list, from Plagiarism.org, identifies some specific forms of plagiarism:
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"turning in someone else's work as your own
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copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit
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failing to put a quotation in quotation marks
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giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation
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changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit
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copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work, whether you give credit or not" (What Is Plagiarism?)
It might seem like using the ideas of others is a problem. However, this is not the case. Scholarship is a conversation; that is, you will be expected to read, analyze, and respond to the ideas of others when writing your papers. The key to doing this without plagiarizing is to cite your sources!
SEE THE CUNY ACADEMIC INTEGRITY POLICY: SECTION 1.2 - PLAGIARISM
https://www.cuny.edu/about/administration/offices/legal-affairs/policies-resources/academic-integrity-policy/
