1. A Guide to Documenting Your Information or “I have my notes, now what the heck do I do with them???”

2. What is “Documenting Sources?”  It means giving credit to whomever originally wrote the information you are using in your paper.  We call this “In-Text Citations” because you are citing your sources in the body of your paper.

3. Why do I Need to “document” anyway?  So it physically shows you did research  So you show that there are people who’s research/information supports what you are trying to prove  Besides, if you don’t, it is called plagiarism!!

4. Plagiarism  Remember, plagiarism is when you try to pass off someone else’s written work as your own. It’s copying/ cheating/ stealing.  It gets you a ZERO!! NO REWRITE OPTION!

5. So how do I avoid it?  Document your sources  Two different ways: Author’s name & page number in parentheses Author’s name in the sentence and the page number in parentheses ***Remember, if there is no author, you begin with the title of the article or the title of the book! If there is no page, you put NP.

6. The Info  Say you have a note card and the info on it looks like this… Better for HealthBormann Vegetarians 25% less likely to die of heart disease and weight-related diseases, like diabetes – from the Center for Better Health Smith Page 127

7. WAY # 1 – (Author’s Name pg #)  Summarize or quote the material in your paper and then at the end of the sentence… Open parentheses - ( Author’s last name – Smith Page number/NP – 127 Close parentheses - ) Period after the closed parentheses EX: (Smith 127).

8. It would look like this… One primary reason people should be eating less meat, or excluding animal products altogether is because vegetarians live healthier lives. In fact, people who live a vegetarian lifestyle are 25% less likely to have heart disease or die of weight-related diseases (Smith 127).

9. WAY # 2 – The SPLIT  Introduce the information by using the author’s name in the sentence According to Dr. X … In the book XYZ, Smith states…,” explains John Smith  Put the page number (or NP) at the end in parentheses, then the period after. Open parentheses - ( Page number/NP – 127 Close parentheses - ) Period after the closed parentheses

10. It would look like this… One primary reason people should be eating less meat, or excluding animal products altogether is because vegetarians live healthier lives. According to Dr. John Smith of the Center for Healthier Living people who live a vegetarian lifestyle are 25% less like to have heart disease or die of weight-related diseases (127).

11. Takes 10 acres of land to feed 1 cow – 1 cow can feed 20 people for 1 day ; contrast 10 acres of land grows 1 ton of grain – feed 100 people for 100 days – if farmers switched to growing grain, solve world food shortage Jones and Baumgartner NP Let’s Practice Bormann Feed World Reason from Thesis The info looked up in the article Authors Page #

12. Write 1 Sentence Way#1; Write 1 Sentence w/ Split  Author’s Name & Page # at end  Split

13. Unnecessary to Eat Meat Bormann Dietary supplements and soy-based foods like tofu, Gardenburgers, Gimme Lean Soy Sausage, vegetarians get all taste and vitamins and no animals killed “The Vegetarian Revolution” 54 More Practice

14. Write 1 Sentence Way#1; Write 1 Sentence w/ Split  Author’s Name & Page # at end  Split

15. Healthier Life Bormann Vegetarians 23% less likely to get type 2 diabetes because vegetarians tend to not be overweight Crowe 112 And Still More Practice

16. Write 1 Sentence Way#1; Write 1 Sentence w/ Split  Author’s Name & Page # at end  Split

17. In-Text It’s Really That Simple  At the end of the sentence (Author’s last name & page number) EX: (Smith 127)  The Split Use the author’s name in the sentence Put the page number at the end in parentheses EX: Smith documents that 75% of people who eat meat eventually get heart disease (127).