Cordova High School Library

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Plagiarism andCitations

• Cordova High School Library

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Topics to Be Covered

• Plagiarism
• What is it?
• How to avoid plagiarism
• Citations
• What is a citation?
• Why use citations?
• What do you cite?
• How do you cite?
• Creating citations and Works Cited in MS Word
  Documents

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Plagiarism
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What is Plagiarism?

• To use the words or ideas of another person as if
  they were your own words or ideas
• To steal and pass off (the ideas or words of
  another) as ones own use (anothers production)
  without crediting the source
• To commit literary theft present as new and
  original an idea or product derived from an
  existing source

(Merriam-Webster)
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How to Avoid Plagiarism

• Never copy anything from a book, magazine,
  newspaper or other source, including another
  student.
• Never print or copy and paste text directly from
  the Internet.

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How to Avoid Plagiarism

• Quoting directly from published materials or
  online sources is acceptable.
• Use quotation marks around the phrase you are
  quoting.
• Paraphrase information put it in your own
  words!
• Use citations to give credit to the source!

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How to Avoid Plagiarism

• Common knowledge does not have to be cited.
• Facts that can be found in many sources and are
  known to many people.

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How to Avoid Plagiarism

• THINK
• Think about what you have found out about your
  topic
• WRITE
• Use your own words to express your understanding
  of your topic
• SIGNAL
• Signal when using someone elses words/ideas -
  whether quoting or paraphrasing

(Nine Things)
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Penalty for Plagiarism

• Dishonest, unethical
• Schools have different policies. Some common
  penalties are
• Letter of reprimand
• Grade penalties
• Expulsion
• Banned from joining honor societies

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Citations
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What is a citation?

• Information about a resource you are using

Why use citations?

• To show others what resources you used
• To know how to find the source again to check
  information
• To acknowledge your sources for ethical reasons

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What do you cite?

• Books
• Articles
• Magazines/Journals
• Newspapers
• Web
• Entire web sites, web page, article, document,
  blog, wiki, databases
• Audio-Visual Material
• Ex. DVD, Online Video, Sound Recordings

• Speeches
• Interviews
• Images
• Electronic and print
• Paintings, Drawings, Maps, Clip Art, etc.
• Other
• Email, religious texts, class lectures, tv/radio
  transcripts, pamphlets, and more!

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How to Cite Sources

• Each teacher may choose different formats
• The 2 major formats are
• APA Style
• MLA Style

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Basic Parts of a Citation

• Author
• Date of Publication
• Main Title
• Secondary Title (Subtitle)
• Publisher/Sponsor
• Place of Publication (for print)
• Date of Access (for electronic)
• Medium of format (like Print or Web)

(MLA Citation Style)
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Parts of a Citation (print resource book)
(MLA Citation Style)
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Parts of a Citation (electronic resource web
page)
(MLA Citation Style)
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Summary

• Plagiarism is passing off someone elses work as
  your own.
• Think-Write-Signal can help you avoid plagiarism.
• A citation is information about a resource that
  you used.
• Citations are used to show others what resources
  you used, to allow you and others to find the
  source again to check information, and to
  acknowledge your sources for ethical reasons.
• All information sources should be cited unless it
  is common knowledge.
• The basic parts of most citations are Author,
  Date of Publication, Main Title, Secondary Title
  (Subtitle), Publisher/Sponsor, Place of
  Publication (for print), Date of Access (for
  electronic), and Medium of format (like Print or
  Web).

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Links

• Research Paper, Plagiarism, and MLA links are on
  the CHS website for your convenience
• http//www.scsk12.org/schools/cordova.hs/site/inde
  x.shtml
• CHSgtResourcesgtStudent ResourcesgtResearch Papers
• http//office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/apa-ml
  a-chicago-automatically-format-bibliographies-HA10
  2435469.aspx

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Works Cited

• APA, MLA, Chicago automatically format
  bibliographies. 2013. Web. 5 Nov. 2013.
  lthttp//office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/apa-
  mla-chicago-automatically-format-bibliographies-H
  A102435469.aspxgt.
• Merriam-Webster. Merriam-Webster Online
  Dictionary. 2013. Web. 5 Nov. 2013.
• "MLA Citation Style." n.d. Zayed University
  Library Learning Resources. Web. 5 Nov. 2013.
  lthttp//zu.libguides.com/content_mobile.php?pid
  162428sid1372099gt.
• "Nine Things You Should Already Know About
  Plagiarism." 2009. Oklahoma University Academic
  Integrity. Web. 5 Nov. 2013. lthttp//integrity.o
  u.edu/files/nine_things_you_should_know.pdfgt.
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