Intro to Latin American Literature and Culture

Not sure when you need to cite something? Check out the Plagiarism Guide and take the quiz.

You will be using MLA (Modern Language Association) style when citing the sources that you use in your research papers. The MLA Handbook is available at the Dana Library Reference Desk. The Writing Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison also has an excellent introduction to MLA Documentation. This will give you the basic information you need to create MLA citations and Works Cited/Reference lists. You can also watch this video

You can also import references from the Catalog and many of the electronic databases into RefWorks, or EndNote, two web-based bibliography and citation management systems. Citation management systems will store your citations and build your bibliography for you based on whatever style sheet you specify (MLA, Chicago, etc.).

For information on setting up a RefWorks account see the RefWorks FAQ.

To download EndNote, see the EndNote page