Citation & Plagiarism
Citation & Plagiarism definitions
CITATION
Citation means crediting information and ideas from others that you used in your research and writing.
Providing information about your sources gives credit for ideas that influenced your thinking and allows others to find and investigate those sources.
PLAGIARISM
Plagiarism is defined as using, closely imitating, or passing off the ideas and words of others as your own.
Even if your plagiarism of another’s work is unintentional, it still is considered theft and a breach of academic integrity.
Most plagiarism can be avoided by citing your sources.
AVOIDING PLAGIARISM
There are 2 significant aspects of avoiding plagiarism; you must do BOTH:
Rewrite (paraphrase) ideas from the source material by changing both words and sentence structure, or providing a direct quotation.
Give credit to the author/source (you must do this even if you paraphrase or summarize).
Notetaking & avoiding plagiarism (slides & handouts)
Citation generators
Generators for Various Citation Styles
NoodleTools (APA, Chicago, or MLA citation)
Scrible (Google Chrome extension / toolbar)
BibMe for Certain Citation Styles
MLA CITATION HELP
MLA GENERAL HELP
Cite Various Formats (Book, Film, Website, etc.)
MLA In-Text Citations: The Basics (Purdue OWL)
MLA Sample Paper with in-text citations and Works Cited
Footnotes & in-Text Citation (4 slides)
MLA SPECIAL SOURCE TYPES
Primary Sources:
Cite a PRIMARY SOURCE reprinted in another source
Citing Primary Sources: Animation
Legal & Legislative Sources:
MlA citation cards
Apa & CHICAGO citation
APA Citation
Chicago Citation