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Photo 150 - The Art of Photography: Citing Sources

Research guide for Photography 150

Why Cite Your Sources?

Citing Sources is more than just creating a Bibliography!  Whenever you use another person's language, ideas, or other original content, you need to acknowledge this both within the body of your paper using in-text citations and at the end of your paper in the bibliography or reference page. You must give the proper credit to the original source to avoid plagiarism.

Citing sources is also the best way to show the research you have done on your topic.

The way you document your sources depends on the writing style manual your professor wants you to use for the class (e.g., APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.), and is usually specific to your discipline or area of study.

ECC Library Citation Guide Handouts

These guides (developed by your ECC librarians) provide examples of how to cite a variety of sources in MLA or APA formats.

Reading Citations

MLA Example from LMU's Citation Style guide

Citing Images

Like articles and other texts, images must be properly cited in papers. Your list of references may include but is not limited to:

  • Artist’s name
  • Title of the work, in italics
  • Date of creation
  • Institution or city in in which the work is stored or located
  • Website URL or database name
  • Medium of publication
  • Date of access

Look at the following:

Library of Congress guide to citing photographs in MLA Format

Library of Congress guide to citing photographs in Chicago Format