Citing Electronic Resources Citing Electronic Resources Introduction Electronic resources present new challenges to scholars. A large number of journals, newspapers and books are now available electronically through our library's web site. Questions about how to cite these sources in academic papers have become frequent at library reference desks.
Faculty often require students to cite resources they have used in their term papers.
While writing your term paper if you use any facts, methods, tables, figures, or quotations to substantiate your own ideas in a paper, you need to give credit to the source where you found them. Failure to give such credit constitutes plagiarism which is one of the most serious academic offenses. Plagiarism is using others' ideas and words without clearly acknowledging the source of that information. Many times your instructors, recommend particular style for citing. Check with your instructor about a style is recommended for your class.