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1 The Mechanics of Citing

2 Web sites Books AdsArticles Research Paper Bibliography Citation 1 Citation 2 Citation 3 Citation 4

3 What to cite: Any information/idea you are using that came from one of your researched sources. Including: Paraphrases (even if it is not a direct quote) Not including: General knowledge (WWII ended in the 1940’s, American Idol is a TV phenomenon, etc)

4 Give credit in the text: Human beings have been described as "symbol-using animals" (Burke 3). Document it in a Works Cited page: Burke, Kenneth. Language as Symbolic Action: Essays on Life, Literature, and Method. Berkeley: U of California P, 1966. Where to Cite:

5 How to Cite:

6 What you need to know: What kind of publication you are citing: Book Journal article Online article Web page Video How to find the elements of a citation: Author Title Date of Publication Place of publication for some items

7 What you don’t need to know: Where to put every Italic Comma period

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15 More citation help: OWL http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/ http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/ Net.TUTOR/Using Information http://liblearn.osu.edu/tutor/les7/ http://liblearn.osu.edu/tutor/les7/ Son of Citation Machine http://citationmachine.net/ http://citationmachine.net/ Writing Analytically Ch. 13 Refworks (for larger projects) Connect from library.osu.edu

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