Sources and citations

Which of these DIRECT citations are correct?

• Jones said, "APA is hard to understand".

• According to Jones (1998), "APA is hard to understand" (p. 199).

• She stated, "APA is hard to understand" (Jones, 1998, p. 199).

• "APA is hard to understand" (Jones 199-200).

Which choice is a PRIMARY SOURCE?

• photograph

• textbook

• book

• encyclopedia

If you reference a source but provide the wrong information (for example, the wrong page number) it is still considered plagiarism.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

If the citation is neither complete nor correct it is plagiarism.

Which example is a proper heading?

• James Dean

  Eng II

  Mrs. Brandt

  9/13/24

• James Dean

  Eng II

  Sept 13, 2024

• James Dean

  Mrs. Brandt

  English II

• James Dean

  Mrs. Brandt

  English II

  13 September 2024

Lionel Messi earns a whopping $39.6 million a year for playing striker for La Liga's Barcelona team.

(Scholastic Book of World Records 2011 page 99)

• Lionel Messi earns a whopping $39.6 million a year for playing striker for La Liga's Barcelona team.

• According to Scholastic Book of World Records 2011, I think it is great that soccer player Lionel Messi earns a whopping $39.6 million a year for playing striker for La Liga's Barcelona team!

• Soccer player Lionel Messi earns a whopping $39.6 million a year for playing soccer as striker/winger for La Liga's Barcelona team. Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain.

• According to Scholastic Book of World Records 2011, soccer player Lionel Messi makes over $39 million dollars annually. This impressive salary is from his work as a striker for La Liga's Barcelona team (page 99).

What is it called when you put a fact into your own words?

• Direct Quote

• Paraphrasing

When you are ready to submit a Works Cited page to your teacher, how should you do so in Easybib?

• Use  the "Share" button.
• Use the "Email" button.
• Export it to "Google Docs" and share it from there.
• Download it as a Word Doc and email it.

The title of my essay is typed at the top of the first page to follow my title page and centered in the middle of that page.

• done

• not done

When copying from a book, when should I use quotes EXACTLY as they appear in the text?

• When I feel like it

• Almost Always

• In Esperanza Rising only

• Always

Smith, Snuffy. How to Go to College. Scribners, 2005. 234.

What from the citation goes inside these parenthesis?

How to Go to College explains that “[students] really have no idea what opportunities exist in the big wide world. The possibilities are endless” (________________).

• How to Go to College

• Smith 234

• Smith

• 234