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Consider Your Source's Credibility

• Ask these questions:
  • Contributor/Author: Has the author written several articles on the topic, and do they have the credentials to be an expert in their field?
  • Can you contact them?
  • Do they have social media profiles?
  • Have other credible individuals referenced this source or author?
• Book: What have reviews said about it?
• Publisher: What do you know about the publisher/sponsor?
  • Are they well-respected?
  • Do they take responsibility for the content?
  • Are they selective about what they publish?
• Take a look at their other content. Do these other articles generally appear credible?
• Bias: Does the author or the organization have a bias? Does bias make sense in relation to your argument? Is the purpose of the content to inform, entertain, or to spread an agenda? Is there commercial intent? Are there ads?
• Currency: When was the source published or updated? Is there a date shown? Does the publication date make sense in relation to the information presented to your argument? Does the source even have a date? Reproduced Was it reproduced? If so, from where? If it was reproduced, was it done so with permission? Copyright/disclaimer included?

What You Need to Know About MLA Formatting

Writing a paper soon? If your assignment requires the use of Modern Language Association (MLA) style, then you're in luck! EasyBib has tools to help you create citations for over 50 source types in this style, as well as a guide to show you how an MLA paper should be formatted. Review the guide to learn how to format a paper's title page, paragraphs, margins, quotations, abbreviations, numbers, tables, and more! There are even tips on editing, as well as on the type of paper you choose to print your paper on—yes, it's that comprehensive!

A Handy Guide for Using APA Format

Ever wonder how to cite a book with no author in APA style? Do you know how graphics should be formatted in a paper? Thanks to our EasyBib guide on citing and formatting in American Psychological Association (APA) style, you don't have to guess anymore! We break down the guidelines for you into separate, digestible chunks of information that range from the ways to present headers, to use of abbreviations, to how to format titles for citations. There are also several helpful citation examples for you to review. Read up and start learning today!

Chicago Style Simplified

Jump start your knowledge of the Chicago Manual of Style (or Turabian style) with our structured EasyBib guides. Each one will teach you the structure of a Chicago-style citation, followed by a real-life citation example for you to examine. Begin with our "“"Quick Guide" on citing common source types (books, magazines, newspapers, and websites). Then, discover why we have footnotes and how they work, or choose a "How to Cite" guide based on the source type you're using (e.g. photo, film, tweet, journal, blog, video on YouTube, conference paper, etc.). You're in charge of your own learning path!

Student & Teacher Blog for Better Papers

Keep your citing skills current and your writing skills fresh by reading our weekly EasyBib Blog. You'll find articles about citing interesting source types (know how to cite a meme?), the latest updates to our tools and services, writing tips and tricks, and more! Aside from content that students (or any writer) could benefit from, we also feature posts written by educators, for educators! They discuss writing and information literacy pedagogy, present resource recommendation lists, and generally share their experience and knowledge.

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