Resource Citing
Andrea Cote
What is plagiarism?
Avoid Plagiarism
Summarizing what you read
Simply give credit (citation)
If can't figure out how to paraphrase or summarizing a piece of text then use quotations (essay should be less than 50% quotations)
Making a Citation (for a book)
- Author (last,first)
- Title (italicize)
- Place of publication
- Publisher
- Page number
- Date of publication
- Medium of publication
Citing A webpage
- Author
- Title of web page
- Publisher
- Year Published
- Medium
- Access Date
- Web page address
MLA Citation
MLA handbook is the book that has all the rules to follow
When having a in-text citation must have (AUTHOR,PAGE NUMBER) or the (PAGE TITLE) if no author
Works cited page is a page at the end of your essay that list each source you used
How to tell if a website is credible or reliable
Look to see if you can find the same information on other websites
Look at the author/publisher
To make sure it is reliable look at when it was last updated
Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing
- Is when you copy text word for word exactly the same from the author/website and you give the website credit and also put " " marks around the text.
Paraphrasing
- Is when you put something you read in your own words (changing one or two words is not paraphrasing) ( still have to cite source because still using others ideas)
Summarizing
- Is when you read a piece of text and you write the main points of what you read ,but you write it in your own words ( still have to cite source because using others ideas)
How to Gather Relevant Information
An easy way to gather relevant information is by using a research question or by using key words
Research Question- When making a research question make sure you know exactly what your looking for
- Don't make it a general question
- Make question very specific
- Question shouldn't be able to be answered with yes/no answer
Keywords
Keywords help form research questions
- When using keywords make sure they are specific
- Don't make them broad words
- Obliviously make sure they actually relate to your topic