In Text Citations

In Text Citations

using MLA or APA

Multiple Choice

WHAT IS PLAGIARISM?

• Forgetting to put a direct quote into double quotation marks

• Using someone else's ideas or thoughts as your own without giving proper credit

• Giving incorrect or incomplete information about the source you used in your work (think citations)

• Not changing enough words from an original passage from a source when you're summarizing or paraphrasing

• All are examples of plagiarism

• Not citing a source that is not common knowledge

• ​Not using double quotation marks (in the U.S.) to indicate that the passage is not your own

• Not providing a proper citation

• Incorrectly citing a source

• Not changing enough words when summarizing or paraphrasing

UNINTENTIONAL: "don't know how to..."

• Having someone else write your paper for you

• Purchasing or obtaining an assignment (or wording) online or via companies

• Using a past assignment/wording for this current assignment

• Knowingly not giving proper credit

• Making up fake citations

• Using AI*

INTENTIONAL: "cheat"

SOME EXAMPLES OF PLAGIARISM

Multiple Choice

WHAT CAN HAPPEN IF YOU ARE ACCUSED (OR ASKED) OF PLAGIARISM?

• Fail the assignment

• Fail the class

• Reported to the appropriate authorities on campus

• Asked to rewrite the assignment

• All of the Above. It depends on the instructor.

USING IN TEXT CITATIONS

​MLA & APA: Parenthetical citations --> (citation)

Inside your assignment, you will provide a proper parenthetical citation after you have used a passage/wording as your own.

The information in the parenthesis MUST match the information on the bibliography.

USING MLA OR APA: ALL INFO IN THE PARENTHESIS

• ​Quote: "Students are also important members of the scholarly community. Although most student work is not formally published, by writing papers students engage in critical thinking, thoughtful self-reflection, and scientific inquiry..."

• Source: Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th edition, found on page 3, year of publication 2020, authors: APA

​MLA	​APA
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"Students are also important members of the scholarly community. Although most student work is not formally published, by writing papers students engage in critical thinking, thoughtful self-reflection, and scientific inquiry..." (American Psychological Association 3).	​
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USING MLA OR APA: ALL INFO IN THE PARENTHESIS

• ​Quote: "Students are also important members of the scholarly community. Although most student work is not formally published, by writing papers students engage in critical thinking, thoughtful self-reflection, and scientific inquiry..."

• Source: Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th edition, found on page 3, year of publication 2020, authors: APA

​MLA	​APA
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According to the American Psychological Association (APA) "Students are also important members of the scholarly community. Although most student work is not formally published, by writing papers students engage in critical thinking, thoughtful self-reflection, and scientific inquiry..." (3).	​
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USING OWL PURDUE OR OTHER STYLE GUIDES

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_style_introduction.html

​APA

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_formatting_and_style_guide.html

​MLA