Citation & Plagiarism

CITATION

• Citation means crediting information and ideas that you used in your research and writing.

• Citations tell your readers about the source of your information - where you found it and who originally said or wrote it.

• In addition to giving credit to the source, your citation allows your readers to find and investigate your 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 in 2 steps (you must do BOTH):

• Rewrite (paraphrase) ideas from the source by changing 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).

MyBib (many citation styles, including MLA, APA, and Chicago styles)

NoodleTools (MLA, APA, and Chicago styles)

Plagiarism and Citation: Definitions and Tips (Handout)

How to Quote, Paraphrase, and Summarize (Handout)

Preventing Plagiarism (Slides)

Preventing Plagiarism (Handout)

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:

Legal and Legislative Sources

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