Citing Sources

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Citing Sources

• Giving credit where credit is due

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Whats the big deal?

• When we use information from any source, we need
  to clearly state where we got the information.
• People who write books, articles, web pages, or
  even contributions to online discussions, deserve
  credit for their work and original ideas
• Others can find the information we used, check
  our work, and trace the ideas we include over time

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Bibliography vs. Works Cited

• A bibliography is a list of all sources
  consulted.
• It includes any sources used as background
  information on your topic.

• A works cited page is a list of all sources that
  are quoted or paraphrased with in the paper.
• It only includes those sources.

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Stylin

• MLA-Modern Language Association
• APA-American Psychological Association
• Chicago (a.k.a. Turabian)-Chicago Manual of Style

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Which One?

• Your teacher or professor will tell you which
  style to use for your project.
• Each style has SPECIFIC formatting and
  punctuation so consult a style manual.
• These rules may seem arbitrary, but actually have
  important reasons behind them.

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Generally speaking

• Humanities courses prefer MLA
• The sources used for the humanities may be
  ancient manuscripts, so the age of a document
  isnt as important as the history such as the
  publisher and edition
• Science courses prefer APA
• The sources used for the sciences should be as
  current as possible, so the date of publication
  needs to be up close to the authors name and
  title of the source

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Gather the information as you go

• Print sources
• Authors full name
• Title of source
• Title of publication
• Volume
• Page number(s)
• Date of publication
• Publisher

• Online sources
• Authors full name (if given)
• Title of source
• Date of publication
• Full web address
• Date retrieved
• (further details can be found here)

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Putting it all togetherPunctuation counts

• Arrange your sources alphabetically by authors
  last name.
• Use a hanging indent (you can format it in
  Word)this makes the important information easily
  visible
• Periods separate each unit of information
• Colon separates publisher from place of
  publication
• Commas indicate items in a series
• Parenthesis indicates volume

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Final Reminders

• Make sure that all sources are correctly
  identified
• Follow style manuals exactly
• Using the ideas of others is perfectly fine if
  you clearly give them credit for their work

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Some helpful sources

• http//www.easybib.com
• http//noodletools.com/login.php
• Pages 11-12 of your binder reminder show sample
  entries for a variety of sources