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Consult your assignment instructions to determine which citation style you need to use. Use the tabs below to see examples of end-text and in-text citations for common types of sources. You can always email us at library@panola.edu or stop in and see us with further questions!

Your complete APA citations are listed in alphabetical order on the last page of your paper. This page is called your References. 


End-Text Examples


Book

Cope, S. (2022). Power hungry : women of the Black Panther Party and Freedom Summer and their fight to feed a movement. Lawrence Hill

Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press Incorporated. https://research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=1496b5f5-8b7b-37a2-8e1a-ede3834905de

*Note: You do not have to include a link for print books.


Chapter in an Edited Book

Woldu, G. H. (2013). Women, rap, and hip-hop: The challenge of image. In J. C. Friedman (Ed.), The Routledge history of social protest in popular

music. (pp. 171-183). Routledge. https://research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=cf1c53ed-17e5-32ef-b152-d593a86e1718


Journal Article

Mortenson, E. (2014). A journey into the shadows: the Twilight Zone's visual critique of the Cold War. Science Fiction Film and Television, 7(1), 55-

76. http://dx.doi.org/10.3828/sfftv.2014.3


Website

Kuta, S. (2025, July 7). Bear-sized giant beavers once roamed North America, and they're now the official state fossil of Minnesota. Smithsonian

Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/bear-sized-giant-beaver-once-roamed-north-america-and-theyre-now-the-official-state-fossil-of-minnesota-180986937/?itm_source=parsely-api?itm_source=most-popular&itm_medium=parsely-api


YouTube Video

PBS Origins. (2017, October 10). How WWII created Godzilla & mecha robots [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?

app=desktop&v=RCJIX2_r8ao&t=315s


In-Text Examples


The Twilight Zone's visual style and storylines created "a world where the common assumptions of the Cold War were interrogated and, oftentimes, overturned" (Mortenson, 2014, p. 55).

Shadows are often used in the Twilight Zone to help communicate anxiety and uncertainty (Mortenson, 2014).

Chicago style uses footnotes and endnotes. Footnotes are listed in the order that you refer to your sources. Endnotes are listed in alphabetical order on a page called your Bibliography.


Examples by Source Type


Book Footnote

1. Suzanne Cope, Power Hungry: Women of the Black Panther Party and Freedom Summer and Their Fight to Feed a

Movement (Chicago: Lawrence Hill Books, 2022), 12.

Book Endnote

Cope, Suzanne. Power Hungry: Women of the Black Panther Party and Freedom Summer and Their Fight to Feed a Movement. Chicago:

Lawrence Hill Books, 2022.


Chapter in an Edited Book Footnote

2. Gail Hilson Woldu, "Women, Rap, and Hip-Hop: The Challenge of Image," in The Routledge History of Social Protest in Popular

Music, ed. Jonathan C. Friedman (New York: Routledge, 2013), 171-183.

Chapter in an Edited Book Endnote

Woldu, Gail Hilson. "Women, Rap, and Hip-Hop: The Challenge of Image," in The Routledge History of Social Protest in Popular

Music, edited by Jonathan C. Friedman, 24-34. New York: Routledge, 2013. 


Journal Article Footnote

3. Erik Mortenson, "A Journey into the Shadows: The Twilight Zone's Visual Critique of the Cold War," Science Fiction Film and

Television 7, no. 1 (2014): 55, accessed July 14, 2025, https://research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=2be79557-77ab-3232-81ff-56ba9a0accaf

Journal Article Endnote

Mortenson, Erik, "A Journey into the Shadows: The Twilight Zone's Visual Critique of the Cold War." Science Fiction Film and Television 7, no. 1

(2014): 55-76. Accessed July 14, 2025, https://research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=2be79557-77ab-3232-81ff-56ba9a0accaf


Website Footnote

4. Sarah Kuta, "Bear-Sized Giant Beavers Once Roamed North America, and They're Now the Official State Fossil of Minnesota," last

modified July 7, 2025, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/bear-sized-giant-beaver-once-roamed-north-america-and-theyre-now-the-official-state-fossil-of-minnesota-180986937/?itm_source=parsely-api?itm_source=most-popular&itm_medium=parsely-api

Website Endnote

Kuta, Sarah. "Bear-Sized Giant Beavers Once Roamed North America, and They're Now the Official State Fossil of Minnesota." Last modified July

7, 2025. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/bear-sized-giant-beaver-once-roamed-north-america-and-theyre-now-the-official-state-fossil-of-minnesota-180986937/?itm_source=parsely-api?itm_source=most-popular&itm_medium=parsely-api


YouTube Video Footnote

5. PBS Origins, "How WWII Created Godzilla & Mecha Robots," PBS Origins, October 10, 2017, video,

12:37, https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=RCJIX2_r8ao&t=315s

YouTube Video Endnote

PBS Origins. "How WWII Created Godzilla & Mecha Robots." PBS Origins, October 10, 2017. Video, 12:37. https://www.youtube.com/watch?

app=desktop&v=RCJIX2_r8ao&t=315s


In-Text Example


"Footnotes are added at the end of the page on which the source is referenced, while endnotes are compiled at the end of each chapter or at the end of the entire document." 1

1. Purdue Online Writing Lab. "Chicago Manual of Style 17th Edition." Purdue OWL. Purdue University, Accessed July 14, 

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/chicago_manual_17th_edition/cmos_formatting_and_style_guide/chicago_manual_of_style_17th_edition.html

 

Your complete MLA citations are listed in alphabetical order on the last page of your paper. This page is called your Works Cited. 


End-Text Examples


Book

Cope, Suzanne. Power Hungry : Women of the Black Panther Party and Freedom Summer and Their Fight to Feed a Movement. E-book,

Lawrence Hill Books, 2022. 


Chapter in an Edited Book

Woldu, Gail Hilson. "Women, Rap, and Hip-Hop: The Challenge of Image." The Routledge History of Social Protest in Popular Music, E-book,

edited by Jonathan C. Friedman, Routledge, 2013, pp. 171-183.


Journal Article

Mortenson, Erik. "A Journey into the Shadows: The Twilight Zone's Visual Critique of the Cold War." Science Fiction Film and Television, vol. 7, no.

1, 2014, pp. 55-76.


Page on a Website

Kuta, Sarah. "Bear-Sized Giant Beavers Once Roamed North America, and They're Now the Official State Fossil of Minnesota." Smithsonian

Magazine, 7 July 2025. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/bear-sized-giant-beaver-once-roamed-north-america-and-theyre-now-the-official-state-fossil-of-minnesota-180986937/?itm_source=parsely-api?itm_source=most-popular&itm_medium=parsely-api, Accessed 9 July 2025.


YouTube Video

"How WWII Created Godzilla & Mecha Robots" YouTube, uploaded by PBS Origins, 10 Oct. 2017, https://www.youtube.com/watch?

app=desktop&v=RCJIX2_r8ao&t=315s


In-Text Examples


The Twilight Zone's visual style and storylines created "a world where the common assumptions of the Cold War were interrogated and, oftentimes, overturned" (Mortenson 55).

Shadows are often used in the Twilight Zone to help communicate anxiety and uncertainty (Mortenson 55).

Citations Are Required For:

  • Direct quotes
  • Paraphrasing information from an outside source

Citations Are NOT Required For:

  • Common knowledge
  • Personal opinions
  • Personal research (e.g. results from a survey that you created)