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Sources. Reliable? Unreliable? Cited? Un-cited?. A citation is where you give an author credit for the work they did and the ideas they came up with. EVERY TIME you use a fact from a source, you must CITE it.

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  1. Sources Reliable? Unreliable? Cited? Un-cited?

  2. A citation is where you give an author credit for the work they did and the ideas they came up with. • EVERY TIME you use a fact from a source, you must CITE it. • Citations happen bothIN the text and AT THE END of the paper (called a bibliography or works cited page). How to Cite Sources

  3. In-text citation example: “I think so many football injuries can be prevented if you teach the proper fundamentals of blocking and tackling.” (ABC News) • Bibliography example: Bell, Stewart. The Martyr's Oath: The Apprenticeship of a Homegrown Terrorist. Mississauga, ON: Wiley, 2005. This is the first piece of info from the bibliography How to Cite Sources

  4. Encyclopedia: A set of books, arranged alphabetically, with articles on a variety of topics • Almanac: A book of facts, statistics, and records • Thesaurus: A reference book that will help you find synonyms • Readers’ Guide: a reference book that will connect you to magazine articles • Atlas: A reference book with maps Some Types of PRINT Sources

  5. Blog: an online personal journal • Wiki: a collaborative website that can be edited by many different users EX: Wikipedia • Encyclopedia Britannica Online: online encyclopedia (like the print version) • Search Engine: a tool used to connect you to different websites on a topic EX: Google Some types of ELECTRONIC sources

  6. These are places where you can get information that is trustworthy. • Some examples: • Thesaurus • Encyclopedia • University-maintained websites • Dictionary • Almanac • News channels/websites • Biography.com Reliable Sources

  7. These are places where you can get information that you might not be able to trust. • Some examples: • Search engines (like Google or Ask.com or Bing)– some results will be reliable; some won’t! • Wikis/Wikipedia – anyone can contribute • Blogs – writers might or might not be qualified • Facebook / other social networking sites Unreliable Sources

  8. "Blueprint Lays Out Clear Path for Climate Action." Environmental Defense Fund. Environmental Defense Fund, 8 May 2007. Web. 24 May 2009. Clinton, Bill. Interview by Andrew C. Revkin. “Clinton on Climate Change.” New York Times. New York Times, May 2007. Web. 25 May 2009. Dean, Cornelia. "Executive on a Mission: Saving the Planet." New York Times. New York Times, 22 May 2007. Web. 25 May 2009. Ebert, Roger. "An Inconvenient Truth." Rev. of An Inconvenient Truth, dir. Davis Guggenheim. Rogerebert.com. Sun-Times News Group, 2 June 2006. Web. 24 May 2009. GlobalWarming.org. Cooler Heads Coalition, 2007. Web. 24 May 2009. Gowdy, John. "Avoiding Self-organized Extinction: Toward a Co-evolutionary Economics of Sustainability." International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology 14.1 (2007): 27-36. Print. An Inconvenient Truth. Dir. Davis Guggenheim. Perf. Al Gore, Billy West. Paramount, 2006. DVD. Leroux, Marcel. Global Warming: Myth Or Reality?: The Erring Ways of Climatology. New York: Springer, 2005. Print. Milken, Michael, Gary Becker, Myron Scholes, and Daniel Kahneman. "On Global Warming and Financial Imbalances." New Perspectives Quarterly 23.4 (2006): 63. Print Nordhaus, William D. "After Kyoto: Alternative Mechanisms to Control Global Warming." American Economic Review 96.2 (2006): 31-34. Print. Shulte, Bret. "Putting a Price on Pollution." Usnews.com. US News & World Rept., 6 May 2007. Web. 24 May 2009. Uzawa, Hirofumi. Economic Theory and Global Warming. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2003. Print. But what is all that stuff?!?!? What do you notice about the order? Works Cited Page What do you notice about the indents?

  9. Good News! There is a handy-dandy website called EasyBib that will tell you EXACTLY what to find and then put it all together into a bibliography for you! • www.easybib.com An easier solution!

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