How to Cite Yourself
When citing a paper that you wrote for a previous class, consider yourself as the author and your previous course work as an unpublished paper. Include [Unpublished manuscript] in brackets after the title.
Reference Page Format:
Author, (year written).聽Title聽[Unpublished manuscript]. Institution.
Reference Page Example:
O鈥橳oole, T. (2019).聽An analysis of pre-WWII leaders聽[Unpublished manuscript]. Concordia University, St. Paul.聽
In-text Citation Examples:
According to O鈥橳oole (2019)...
...(O鈥橳oole, 2019).
...(O鈥橳oole, 2019, p. 4).
D2L and PowerPoints
Sources on Blackboard, such as recorded lectures and PowerPoints,聽are not available to people outside of your institution. If the audience of your paper is your professor and/or classmates who have access to the content, use the following examples.
If your audience is not enrolled in your course or part of your institution and therefore does not have access to the content, cite the content as a聽.
Reference Page Format:
Author, A. A.聽(Year, Month Day).聽Title [Format]. D2L. https://csp.blackboard.com/
Reference Page Example:
Neilson, J. (2022, September 1).聽What the library can do for you [PowerPoint Slides]. D2L. https://csp.blackboard.com/
In-text Citation Examples:
According to Neilson聽(2022)...
...(Neilson, 2022).