How do I site a quote from a book and from wikipedia in my paper? I'll choose a best answer! Help please!?

Question

I actually am not sure about this. So I got some info and some quotes from a couple books and I know I need to site it somehow but I am not sure if I have to write a bibliography, a works cited page, say somehow where it's from in my actual paper or do more than one of them. If I do have to say something about where I got my information in my actual paper, then can you give me an example of how this is supposed to look. I have been told that a works cited page is for citing information that you used but did not quote specifically and a bibliography is for information that you quoted. Is this correct? Please answer as many of my questions as possible. Thank you

Answer 1

you write a work cited page at the end of the paper.  the work cited page is just like a bibliography but only for the resources that were actually used in your paper.  For the quoting, you have to use the mla format after the quote to site who/where its from, its usually the page number or author's name, since they can reference that page/name to the resources in your work cited page.  the best place to find the format and examples would be the website below.

Answer 2

If you are quoting directly you can use a footnote, endnote, or a parenthetical reference within the body of the paper.  If you look on line you can find several different styles - APA, MLA - of citations.  Choose one and stick with it or ask you teacher.  A note on wikipedia, though, many teachers do not like wikipedia as a source of information so you may want to check with your teacher or find the information from another source.  

You will need a bibliography of a works cited page because you need to give full information but again, there are several styles.  

See if this website is helpful (it uses MLA formatting):

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resour...

Or APA style

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resour...

Answer 3

google "citation machine"

select your format

fill in your information and

it will do it for you