How To Effectively Cite Your Sources In A Middle School Research Paper

How can I effectively cite my sources in a research paper?

In order to effectively cite sources you want to take your own ideas and incorporate pieces of your research into your ideas using the "MLA" format. Here's how it works. "The Civil War was a "bloody bath of brother against brother,"" (these quotation marks means that is taken directly out of a book; these are not your words) "that tore families apart," this is your own analysis. This means that you are using this piece of research to prove your point. At the end of the sentence you would put Stein, comma, 98. That means that you got this from a book written by Stein on page 98. You would have the full source written in your bibliography included at the end of your research paper.