Citations for Beginners

You can get into trouble for taking someone else's information and passing it off as your own.

• True

• False

What is plagiarism?

• Copying someones answers to a test

• Being a proud American

• Taking someone else's information, putting it in your research paper, and passing it off as your own work.

You absolutely cannot use someone else's information in your research project.

• True

• False

How can I use someone else's information in my paper?

• By issuing a citation to those who plagiarize

• Share where you got the information by using a citation

• Just copy and paste it into your paper

• By not using someone else's information

What should a citation include? (Check all that apply)

• Name of the author

• The title

• The date the information was created

What is a reason that we do NOT use citations for?

• To give credit to the author

• To show how hard you worked on a research paper

• So others can find the information

• To show that you found reliable sources

Citations can go in any order, as long as you have all the required information.

• True

• False

You have to memorize the format of a citation.

• True

• False

I can use citation websites like EasyBib.com

• True

• False