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
MyBib (many citation styles, including MLA, APA, and Chicago styles)
NoodleTools (MLA, APA, and Chicago styles)
MLA CITATION HELP
MLA GENERAL HELP
Citation Examples: Book, film, website, government publication, tweet, email, etc. (Michigan University)
Citation Examples: PDF, interview, speech, conference, TV show, song, podcast, etc. (Purdue OWL)
MLA In-Text Citations: The Basics (Purdue OWL)
MLA Sample Papers 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:
Apa & CHICAGO citation HELP
APA GENERAL HELP
APA 7 Style: Quick Guide from CSUDH
APA 7 Style: More Examples and Tutorials from CSUDH
CHICAGO STYLE GENERAL HELP
Chicago Manual of Style 17: Guide from St. Catherine University