Citing Sources: Internet Website

The video tutorial explains the importance of citing sources in research to avoid plagiarism. It details how to gather bibliographic information for electronic sources and provides a step-by-step guide on writing and formatting internet citations. The tutorial emphasizes the correct use of punctuation and capitalization in citations and explains how to add them to a bibliography page in a research paper.

Why is it important to cite your sources when writing an essay?

• To make the essay longer

• To give credit to original authors and avoid plagiarism

• To confuse the reader

• To make the essay more colorful

What is one benefit of creating source cards during research?

• They allow you to skip writing a bibliography

• They save time by preventing the need to search for information later

• They help in organizing the bibliography alphabetically

• They make the research look more professional

What should you do if no author is listed for an article?

• Use your own name as the author

• Begin the citation with the title of the article

• Use 'Anonymous' as the author

• Skip the citation

How should the site's name be formatted in a citation?

• In bold

• In italics or underlined if italics are not possible

• In all caps

• In a different color

What is the correct format for including the access date in a citation?

• Year-Day-Month

• Month-Day-Year

• Year-Month-Day

• Day-Month-Year