In a citation, you should not italicize the title of an article, book, or journal. You should italicize the title of the journal or book, but not the title of the article itself.
you should never use this website as a source. along with wikipedia.com.
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Ask yourself, "Did this information or idea come from my own thoughts and knowledge, or did I learn it from an external source?" If the answer is the latter, then you should cite the source to give credit.
you use someone else's idea.
Yes, even when you paraphrase information from a source, you should still cite it to give credit to the original author and avoid plagiarism.
You can cite a source on the web by giving its URL.
No, McDonald's does not need to be italicized.
A book title should be underlined or italicized - not placed in quotation marks.
Yes, even if you completely reword information from a source, you still need to cite the original source to give credit to the original author and avoid plagiarism. Rewording does not exempt you from citing your source.
It is not recommend that the title of a PowerPoint be italicized. It is recommended that the author or originator of the presentation be italicized.
In MLA format, the novel "Don Quixote" should be italicized. In APA format, it should be italicized as well.
It is a source that uses information from a primary source. A movie about an event could be a secondary source should you cite it in research. I read the letters of Lincoln in a museum that would make me a secondary source if I told you about them.