As you do your research, keep track of your sources.
Your professor is going to want to know how you came to your conclusions in your paper, and that means citing your sources. Using lots of sources is not a sign of weakness. It's a sign of strength that you did research and thought about what you found before writing something on the topic yourself.
Scholars have developed a variety of Citation Styles to help researchers let other researches know what sources they found and how they used them in their own research. Choose one method of citation for your paper.
Librarians can help you figure out how to site an individual source if you're unsure.
MLA Handbook, 9th Ed.
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The official MLA Handbook is published by Modern Language Association. Copies are available at all USM Libraries for use in the Library.
The 9th edition builds on the MLA's unique approach to documenting sources using a template of core elements facts, common to most sources, like author, title, and publication date that allows writers to cite any type of work, from books, e-books, and journal articles in databases to song lyrics, online images, social media posts, dissertations, and more. With this focus on source evaluation as the cornerstone of citation, MLA style promotes the skills of information and digital literacy so crucial today. etc.
The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th Ed (book)
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Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), 7th ed. (book)
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Lots of the databases (and searches like OneSearch) will provide you with a citation for the source you're looking at.
Check these auto-generated citations for accuracy. Not all of them are correct. But, using them and checking them does speed up the citation creation process.