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Cite Your Sources: Why & How
WHY Cite Your Sources?
1. Helps you avoid plagiarism
Always give the author proper credit!
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WHY Cite Your Sources?
2. Shows you consulted many good sources. You didn’t just make it up!
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WHY Cite Your Sources?
3. Provides a “trail” for your readers, in case they want to follow your path and do further research
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WHY Cite Your Sources?
4. Expected in all academic settings, from high school to graduate school to your professional life
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You Can Cite Almost Anything….
Interview a Partner
Turn to the person next to youAsk them to quickly tell you whether they
think cyberbullying should be a crime, something you can be arrested for, or not
Take notes on one side of your index card
Each partner should take a turn as interviewer/interviewee.
Cite an Interview
WHEN Should You Cite Your Sources?
1. When you quote from a source
If you use the author’s exact words, put them in “quotation marks” and then cite your source.
2. When you paraphrase a source
If you use the author’s idea, even if you put it in your own words, you must still cite your source.
WHEN Should You Cite Your Sources?
My source says: Frogs live on every continent except Antarctica, but tropical regions have the greatest number of species. Frogs are classified as amphibians.
WHEN Should You Cite Your Sources?
My source says: Frogs live on every continent except Antarctica, but tropical regions have the greatest number of species. Frogs are classified as amphibians.
My paper says:Frogs live on every continent except Antartica.
Do I need to cite my source? Thumbs up for yes, down for no.
What else am I missing here?
WHEN Should You Cite Your Sources?
My source says: Frogs live on every continent except Antarctica, but tropical regions have the greatest number of species. Frogs are classified as amphibians.
My paper says:In the third grade, I had a pet
frog called Hoppy.
Do I need to cite my source? Thumbs up for yes, down for no.
WHEN Should You Cite Your Sources?
My source says: Frogs live on every continent except Antarctica, but tropical regions have the greatest number of species. Frogs are classified as amphibians.
My paper says:Frogs are amphibians.
Do I need to cite my source? Thumbs up for yes, down for no.
HOW to Cite Your Sources
Use the OSLIS Citation Maker at:
cm.oslis.org
Click the MLA Secondary link
Choose your Source Type from the yellow box.
HOW to Cite Your Sources
Enter information about the book or website
-- Look for place of publication, publisher, and publication date on the copyright page of the book
HOW to Cite Your Sources
HOW to Cite Your Sources
Note the difference between Title of Work and Title of Overall Website.
Identify the author, if possible
Who published/sponsored the site?
If you can’t answer either of those two questions, are you sure you trust this site?
Works Cited Page
HOW to Cite Your Sources
What’s wrong with this Works Cited list?
HOW to Cite Your Sources
Practice
Make a Works Cited list with at least three sources you found while researching cyberbullying.
Start with Opposing Viewpoints, then do World Book Online. You may also cite a website.
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