11 Source Types Summary

The first step in creating a citation is to identify the type of source you are using.

After figuring out the type of source you are citing, you can move on to identifying the information needed to create a footnote or endnote and bibliographic citation for that source. Using a previous citation example can help!

Word cloud with examples of source types in varying font size.

 

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“[Wordcloud for various types of sources]“ by University of Alberta Library’s APA Style Citation Tutorial is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 International.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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