You & Your Sources - Primary Sources Modules 

• Access You & Your Sources Modules through your CIN201 Quercus
• These modules on writing and citing with primary source materials and research platforms (Media History Digital Library and Internet Archive). 

Record the Following Information for Citations

It's important that you record the information needed so someone else (e.g., your TAs) can find the information used in your assignment. 

• Title of the Document / Image
  • For advertisements and images, you may have to create a title. 
• Title of the Publication
  • Remember to record the title of the publication in which your article, image, etc. was found, and that this title must be italicized. 
• Date of Publishing 
  • Year and if available month and day (May 5) 
    • Newspapers are printed daily so you should have the exact date
    • Magazines could be printed weekly, monthly or over a range of time (e.g., quarterly, bi-weekly) 
    • You may need to flip to the publications cover to find this info, but also look at the header or footer of the page
• Volume and Issue 
  • The digital copies of these publications can group all the magazines published in one year and this is often called a volume. 
  • Each published magazine is assigned an issue number or specify the month or season (e.g., Fall, Winter) when it was printed to keep track
  • Newspapers don't typically have volume and issues numbers since they are published daily. 
• Page Numbers 
  • Page numbers in newspapers may also include Letter to mark the section of the newspaper (e.g., A12) 

Citing Images and Adverstiments 

1) Help with citation style and formatting 

a) Library Support

• Ask a Librarian - Chat Service  to start a chat session with an Ontario Librarian
• Email the Cinema Studies Librarian, Kate Johnson <katej.johnson@utoronto.ca> with questions or to book an appointment to set up a Citation Manager

b) MLA (Modern Language Association) 8th Edition - Resources 

• CIN201 Guide - MLA 
• Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) - MLA    
  • These OWL resources will help you learn how to use the Modern Language Association (MLA) citation and format style. This section contains resources on in-text citation and the Works Cited page.
    • Formatting your Paper for MLA Style  
    • The Basics on MLA Styling your Citations  
    • In-Text Citations Basics 
      • Footnotes & Endnotes 
      • Formatting Quotations  - Short Quotes, Long/Block Quotes 
    • Works Cited Basics  
      • Visit the Works Cited page and scroll down  to view links in the left-side menu for Works Cited Pages including: Books; Periodicals (Articles, Reviews, Letters to the Editor); Electronic Sources; Other Common Sources 
• Access MLA Style Center - Using MLA Format 
  • Modern Languages Association's website with free resources on research, writing, and documentation in MLA Style. 
• Citation Examples (MLA) for Cinema Studies for Primary Source Materials  crafted by Gould Library, Carelton University, Ottawa 

c) Chicago (Chicago Manual of Style - CMS) 17th Edition - Resources 

• CIN201 guide - Chicago Style  
• Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) - Chicago Style , 17th Edition  
  • This section contains information on the Chicago Manual of Style method of document formatting and citation. These resources follow the 17th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style.
    • Choosing your Style  (Notes and Bibliography or Author-Date)
    • Formatting your Paper for Chicago Style  
      • Visit General Format   page and scroll down the page to view links in the left-side menu for:  Books; Periodicals; Web Sources; Audiovisual Recordings and Other Multimedia; Interviews and Personal Communication; Legal, Public and Unpublished Materials; Bluebook Citation for Legal Materials
• Chicago Manual of Style (eBook) 
  • Access the complete CMS via UofT Libraries 

2. Citation Tools 

ALWAYS double check the citations formatted by these tools because they aren't always accurate and the responsibility falls on you to double check. 

a) Citation Machines

Citation machines (also known as citation generators) allow you to input citation elements for your source, and generate a citation in any one of several standard formats.

• Cite This For Me (formerly RefME)   Automatically generate citations, in over 7,500 reference styles, by entering ISBN, book/article title, or author's name. Smartphone app (iOS and Android) also available--scan a book's barcode to generate a citation.
• Citation Builder | NCSU Libraries  Citation Builder is a free citation creator for APA, MLA, Chicago, and CSE/CBE styles.
• BibMe  BibMe is a free automatic citation creator that supports MLA, APA, Chicago, and Turabian formatting.
• Referencing @ Portsmouth  From Portsmouth University. Very easy to use, enables referencing in both APA and Vancouver style, and at least you'll be consistent!

b) Citation Managers 

Explore the range of citation managers available for you to save your citation info and format in-text citations and bibliographies 

• Citation Manager Comparison Chart: bit.ly/2EKySRb  
• Zotero: guides.library.utoronto.ca/zotero 
• EndNote Web: guides.library.utoronto.ca/endnoteweb 

Book an appointment with Kate to set up a citation manager for Word or Google Docs: katej.johnson@utoronto.ca