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Citing Sources. Why do you cite sources?  Avoid plagiarism  Acknowledge work done by previous researchers  Give credibility to your work  Build knowledge.

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1 Citing Sources

2 Why do you cite sources?  Avoid plagiarism  Acknowledge work done by previous researchers  Give credibility to your work  Build knowledge

3 What is plagiarism? Failing to:  Cite quotations and borrowed ideas  Enclose borrowed language in quotation marks (limit use of quotations)  Put summaries and paraphrases in your own words

4 What are the formatting guidelines?  MLA (Modern Language Association): English and some humanities  APA (American Psychological Association): psychology, social science  CMS (The Chicago Manual of Style): history and other humanities  The Blue Book (Harvard): law  Discipline specific

5 Where do citations go?  In-text (within paper) …the researchers publish their findings (Blaine et al. 35).  Endnote/footnote (at bottom of page) 13. Brian Steel Wills, A Battle from the Start: The Life of Nathan Bedford Forrest (New York: HarperCollins, 1992), 187.  Entry in List of Works Cited (at end of paper) Adams, Scott. Dilbert and the Way of the Weasel. New York: Harper 2002. Print.

6 Formatting Example: MLA Authors  Single author: Walker, Janice R.  Multiple authors:  Walker, Janice R., and Todd Taylor  Wilmut, Ian, Keith Campbell and Colin Tudge  4+: Sloan, Frank A., et al.  Repeated author: ---

7 MLA: McGrath, Anne. “A Loss of Foreign Talent.” US News and World Report 22 Nov. 2004: 76. Print. APA: Hoxby, C. M. (2002, January). The power of peers. Education Next, 2, 57-63. CMS: Bissell, Tom. “Improvised, Explosive, and Divisive.” Harper’s, January 2006. Style Guide Comparison—Periodicals

8 Activity Select :  2 newspaper articles from 2 different sources, and  2 periodical articles from two different sources. Cite these 4 sources using a format from your Style Guide.


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