Library: Carroll Community College Library: Citing & Evaluating

Citation Check Policy

Librarians will perform APA and MLA citation checks for your assignments. This is a drop-in service during normal on-campus operating hours, but we can also complete citation checks virtually! Please e-mail ref_desk@carrollcc.edu with a Microsoft Word attachment and indicate which style you are using. Librarians will reply within 24 business hours during the M-F workweek (see our hours on the library homepage).

Librarians will only check each assignment one time, so only submit your final drafts after carefully reviewing the relevant CCC style guides (comprehensive coverage of in-text citations, templates, and sample citations) and checklists (common errors):

MLA: Style Guide and Checklist
APA: Style Guide and Checklist

Assignments demonstrating one of more of the following characteristics will be returned by the librarian without comment:

Little to no text formatting (italics, quotation marks, indenting, double-spacing)
Citations are missing required bibliographic information (e.g. only listing title/author or web site links)
References are obviously copied and pasted from databases or web sites
Documents with significant formatting or readability issues

Citing & Evaluating Resources

CCC Documents

External links

View sample paper in MLA style
MLA practice template (PDF)
MLA Style Tutorial
Microsoft Word MLA template
Pre-formatted to accommodate MLA style

Need help citing sources? Librarians are citation specialists.

Call the Reference Desk at 410-386-8340 or email ref_desk@carrollcc.edu

CCC Documents

Documenting Sources: APA Style 7th Edition (PDF)

APA Citation Checklist – 7th Edition (PDF)

External links

Need help citing sources? Librarians are citation specialists.

Call the Reference Desk at 410-386-8340 or email ref_desk@carrollcc.edu

NoodleBib is an online tool for formatting a bibliography in several citation styles.

It generates a Word document including all of the punctuation and formatting after the user enters the parts of the citation into a work form.

NoodleBib
Register as a new user if you have never used NoodleBib before.
Creating an account for the first time off-campus? Contact the Reference Desk at 410-386-8340 for access

Citing or Documenting Sources (tutorial)
Research papers and essays require documentation of the quotes, paraphrases, and sources used. View this tutorial to get an idea of the key elements for citing your resources.

If you do not give proper credit to the sources of the ideas and quotations of others in your work, you are plagiarizing the information.

Choosing quality sources is an important part of research. Use the handout and tutorial below to help you:

Select the best source/s for your information need and
Decide whether or not a source is reputable and provides accurate information that you can rely on for your project.

Remember that your final product will only be as good as the sources you use. Choose carefully!

Academic Honesty Pledge

According to the Carroll Community College Catalog, students are required to follow the standards of the Code of Integrity and Academic Honesty.

"Academic honesty means using one's own thoughts and materials in writing papers, . . . (and) also includes the proper citation of sources of information. Students are expected to give full credit for the borrowed words and ideas of others."

Instructors will ask students to sign the following pledge regarding the originality of their work:

"I pledge that this work is entirely my own and I have neither given nor received any unauthorized help in its completion"