Documentation and Its Consequences

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Documentation and Its Consequences

• For CRTW,Dr. Kosters sections

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What this covers

• Some things about documentation dont change from
  course to coursefor instance what things you
  have to document, why, and what the forms are.
• Some things vary from instructor to instructor,
  such as the penalties for screwing up. This
  presentation reviews both of these areas. Learn
  and benefit!

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What do you have to document?

• Any source that comes from outside your brain, be
  it quoted, paraphrased, summarized, or just
  grazed on a drive-by
• Hearsaythings you heard one time on Oprah etc.
• Information that would not be common knowledge to
  your specific audience

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Prentice Hall versions
6th EditionAlso available as sunflower edition
7th Edition
7th edition withnew MLA forms
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What are the REQUIRED parts to documentation?

• A green light to show where source use starts.
  This is done with a signal phrase. PHG 6 363
  PHG 7 7 New 400.
• AND quotation marks if youre quoting directly
  (unless its a long or block quotation). PHG
  6 358 PHG 7 7New 395.
• AND a red lighta parenthetical in-text signal to
  show where the source use ends. PHG 6 375-78
  PHG 7 7New 411-415.
• AND a claim check to retrieve the infoa full and
  correct reference in the Works Cited list. PHG
  7New 415 ff.

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Cant you just put the citation at the end of the
paragraph?

• ONLY if
• All of the material in the paragraph comes from
  one source
• AND there are lots of signal phrases throughout
  the paragraph so readers realize the source
  continues
• AND there is no material from you or from other
  sources intervening
• AND you dont start a new paragraph
• AND all of the material is correctly paraphrased
• This is the most frequent problem in
  documentation and causes a lot of inadvertent
  plagiarism, so USE IT CAREFULLY. I dont
  recommend it.

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How do you cite a page printed out from the Web?

• If it indicates where the original page divisions
  were, use those in the parenthetical citation
  (for instance, the Okonski PDF version had the
  original page numbers).
• If it does not show original page divisions, then
  you use the authors name alone in the
  parenthetical citation (see PHG 6 p. 378 14 or
  PHG 7 p. 414). If theres no author named, then
  you use a short form of the title under which
  its listed in your Works Cited list. For
  instance, if you printed out Okonski in the web
  form or in the printer friendly form, you would
  just use (Okonski) in your citations because
  everyones printer is different so your page 3
  may be my page 4

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And how does that look in the Works Cited?

• See 7New, pp. 430 ff. Older versions dont work
  for this form if you have PHG 6 or PHG 7, use
  the link below from Purdue. You have to edit this
  information into the correct format. Dont just
  copy the form from the Dacus database
  listing.Okonski, Kendra. Is Water a Human
  Right? The New Atlantis 24 (Spring 2009)
  61-73. Web. 15 March 2010 .
• New MLA style is described at http//owl.english.p
  urdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/.

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What happens if you get the forms wrong?

• If you are making a good-faith attempt to
  document correctly but screw it up,
• At the very least, for minor errors, it will
  lower the grade on paper at least two letter
  grades and maybe more
• It may (and probably will) earn you an F if
  problems are extensive

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What happens if you plagiarize,intentionally or
not?

• Will earn you at least an F on the paper
• May earn you an F in the course, depending on the
  severity
• Will earn you a date with the Dean of Students
  for a Judicial Code problem if I have any reason
  to suspect its intentional.

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So what do you do?

• Follow The Correct Use of Borrowed Information
  and the 7th ed. of Prentice-Hall Guide with the
  new MLA forms exactly and carefully. Note things
  like periods, commas, abbreviations, spacing,
  etc. All the rules count. You are responsible for
  following these and having the up-to-date
  versions.
• Check the Documentation FAQs page
• Visit the Writing Center and use your conference
  to check fine points with Dr. K before you turn
  the paper in.
• Use the originality reports on www.turnitin.com
  to check your work before you turn the final
  paper in