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SOAD D170 Interior Design Studio

Resources for finding biographies of designers, as well as artworks.

What Is Citation?

Citation involves properly crediting the authors of information sources used in a paper or presentation. Remember to cite not only text-based sources, but also images, video, and other media.

Different disciplines use certain citation styles. Use one of the style guides to the right for the citation guidelines you need.

Library Tools for Citations

Different library resources provide citation tools.  Here is a previw of the various symbols you may see.  Clicking on these symbols will help you create an automatic citation. The first image show how to find the citation tool in an article database.

Screenshot of article listing in a database. A yellow circle around a symbol of a page that says "Cite."

This is the symbol for citations in the Oxford Art Online database.

Screenshot of article listing in a Oxford Art Online. A yellow circle around a symbol of a pencil.

This is the link to cite an image from ARTstor.

Screenshot of image listing in ARTstor. A yellow circle around text that says "Cite This Item."

IUCAT provides citations from the button labeled "Cite."

Screenshot of article listing in IUCAT. A yellow circle around a word that says "Cite.