Knight Cite is a citation machine that will allow you to cite your sources in APA, MLA, or Chicago formatting. There are a variety of source types that you’ll be able to cite with this machine. Some include: Books, Journals, Magazines, websites and much more.
If you’re writing any sort of research paper, being able to cite your sources is critical, it make you a more credible author and it makes your paper much stronger if you have sources to back up your findings.
PROS: Allows you to cite in many different formats that are required by scientist, historians, and other types of written material.
CONS: Can’t make a list, you can only do one source at a time, copy them into your word document and then start over.
Recommendation: For a quick citation, I’d diffidently use this tool, but if I were citing all my sources at the end of a large project, I’d rather use a tool like Noodle tools that allows you to create lists of sources for different projects.
@sarahferguson06
January 9, 2012
Great job listing both the benefits and the negatives of sources. This is a really important skill to have so you can use what is helpful and work around the problems. Good job!
alex154
January 9, 2012
Thanks for commenting! I agree that knowing the pros and cons of a cite and being able to express that to others is an important part of understanding a cite. Glad you liked the video!