Incorporating Citations

Incorporating Citations

Plagiarism

• Plagiarism is when the writer repeats someone else's words or ideas - quoted exactly or paraphrased - but does not attribute the original source.

• Even a paraphrase must include a citation. Unless the words or ideas are solely those of the writer or they are considered general knowledge.

• Plagiarism can happen accidentally or it can be intentional.

Citations

• 1. which text

• 2. where in that text4 the original information can be found

• You must identify the specific author and/or text title that each quote/paraphrase came from.

Citing Example

Paraphrased Information:

When there is enough food, all wolves eat at the same time. However, if it's limited, then the strongest wolves take advantage and feed first.

Source:

Janni Howker in Walk with a Wolf explains on page 7

In your paper

Example:

In her book Walk with a Wolf, Jannie Howker explains that when there is enough food, all wolves eat at the same time. However, if it's limited, then the strongest wolves take advantage and feed first (pg. 7).

If you use a website for your information, the last name of the author or the title of the article will go in the parentheses.

Works Cited

This should be a separate page at the end of your paper.

It lists all of your sources in alphabetical order.

Author last name, First name. "Title of Article on Website." Title of Website, Date Published, URL.

Multiple Choice

What is plagiarism?

• repeating someone else's words without giving credit

• repeating someone else's words while giving credit

• plagiarism is not a possiblity

Open Ended

What are the two parts to a citation?

Multiple Choice

An in-text citation and a works cited page are different.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Where does the in-text citation go?

• at the end of the paper

• at the beginning of the source information

• at the end of the source information

• we don't use in-text citations