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Sources, Plagiarism, and Citations

Sources, Plagiarism, and Citations. Mrs. Segaloff and Ms. Mattie April 2, 2014. Assessing Your Sources Questions to ask: Who is the author? When was it written? Who i s the publisher? Who is the target audience?. Sources. Primary vs. Secondary Sources Primary Source :

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Sources, Plagiarism, and Citations

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  1. Sources, Plagiarism, and Citations Mrs. Segaloff and Ms. Mattie April 2, 2014

  2. Assessing Your Sources • Questions to ask: • Who is the author? • When was it written? • Who is the publisher? • Who is the target audience? • Sources

  3. Primary vs. Secondary Sources Primary Source: Object or document that was created during the time/event you are researching. • Sources

  4. (Primary vs. Secondary Sources) Secondary Source: Sources that are removed from a primary source and that analyze primary sources. • Sources

  5. Strategies when researching and writing papers: • Summarize • Paraphrase • Quote • Sources

  6. What is plagiarism? There are two types of plagiarism: Intentional and Unintentional Plagiarism

  7. Intentional Plagiarism Intentional plagiarism is when you knowingly copy someone else’s work and claim it as your own. • Plagiarism

  8. Unintentional Plagiarism Unintentionalplagiarism is when you perform your research and write your own passages, either using what you think are your own words or, more frequently, fail to cite the information correctly. • Plagiarism

  9. Consequences of Plagiarism (1st offense): • Zero on the assignment • Your family is contacted • Recorded on your discipline record • With each incident, the consequences increase! • Plagiarism

  10. To avoid plagiarism….CITE! • Plagiarism

  11. When should you cite? • when you use a direct quote • when you use specific factual information • when you use someone else’s ideas • Citations

  12. When do you NOT need to cite? • When you use widely known facts or something that is considered “common knowledge” • When you are discussing your own reactions or observations

  13. Helpful Sources • The Bromfield School Writing Guide • http://www.psharvard.org/bromfield/documents/reference/bromfield_writing_guide.pdf Perdue OWL (online writing lab) https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/ Son of Citation Machine http://citationmachine.net Easybib http://www.easybib.com • Citations

  14. Endnotes and Bibliography • When using endnotes, use a superscript number1to cite information. • The superscript number then corresponds to your endnotes which, in turn, corresponds to your bibliography at the end of your document. • Citations

  15. MLA Citation: Hoose, Phillip. Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, 2012. 148. Print. Examples of endnotes in text… Hoose wrote that…1 Hoose also wrote that…2 Endnote Citation examples: 1 PhillipHoose,Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95(New York: Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, 2012) 18. 2 Hoose 25. • Citations

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