Citation of Sources

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HOW & WHY WE CITE SOURCES

Now that you've watched the Common Sense video on fair use in the previous lesson, you should have a basic understanding of copyrighted works and how one can use them. 

Plagiarism Cartoon

Source: Grammarly

 

In the educational setting you are allowed to use small pieces of others' works BUT you must give attribution. If you do not, you may be guilty of plagiarism, which can have serious consequences (failure of the assignment, or-- in college--failure of the whole course and being dropped from your degree program!). 

It's in your best interest to learn how to properly give attribution and get in the habit of always crediting others' for their ideas and words.

In writing we call this CITATION.

  • There are numerous styles used in citation of sources, but you will probably use MLA or APA citation in high school.
  • You will use in-text citation in the paragraphs of your writing (see example below).
  • The in-text citations must match what you put on your Works Cited reference page (or Bibliography).
  • Visit Purdue University's Online Writing Lab Links to an external site. (OWL) and bookmark it for future reference. Here is an example excerpt from their site:

 

MLA Citation Example

 

 

Watch this video on citing sources and take notes on important points:

 

1. List 2 points on WHY we cite from the video clip above:

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b)

 

2. List 2 points on HOW we cite from the video clip above:

a)

b)

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