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Answered By: Evangeline Reid
Last Updated: Jul 15, 2022     Views: 1370

Automatically-generated citations can be found for articles and other materials in library databases. 

Please see this step-by-step tutorial for finding citations in different library databases.

The citation tool is always available on a page about only one article. If you are in the search results, click on the article's title to view the item.

The citation tool will usually be found with a menu of other tools along the side or bottom of a webpage about an item. It may use a quotation mark icon or a document icon.

After clicking the citation button, choose the citation style you need and then copy and paste it somewhere to keep. You may also choose to take advantage of citation managers to help you create and save citations for your research.

Always DOUBLE CHECK that the citation is completely correct.

If you want to easily return to an article again in the future, you should also save the permalink, which can be found near the citation tool in most databases.