Belleville High School Media Center Cite Your Sources!
Some information to help
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| Did you know that if you rewrite information that you find somewhere in your own words, it can still be plagiarism? Avoiding plagiarism involves making sure that you always keep track of where you found your information. These links are designed to help you avoid copying someone else's work in any way. If you have a question about whether or not something is plagiarism, check with your teacher or media specialist! If you're ever in doubt, it's always safer to cite your sources. | |
| Citing Your Sources | |
| NoodleTools--You will find NoodleBib Express extremely helpful with citing one or two tricky sources. All you'll have to do is type in your information (such as author, title, etc.) and NoodleTools will help you arrange the information in an MLA or APA style citation. Another similar tool is Landmarks Citation Machine. | |
| Assembling a List of Works Cited in Your Paper--Duke University offers a straightforward page with simple citations from APA, MLA, and Chicago-style formats. Just click on the link that describes what kind of source you are trying to cite (e.g. database, book, newspaper, etc.). Sample citations will then be displayed, and you can plug in your own information. | |
| OWL's MLA Formatting and Style--an excellent resource from the Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University. The page we've linked to details formatting the first page of an MLA style paper, but at the bottom they continue to citing works, formatting quotations, and works cited pages. The OWL is famous for lots of other online help for writers, so use the other links on the page to get writing tips, grammar information, and more. | |
| Avoiding Plagiarism | |
| Avoiding Plagiarism: Safe Practices--The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue offers some tips for how to take notes to make sure that you are clear on what in your notes belongs to you and what belongs to another author. Also explains how to paraphrase authors or quote them directly while giving them credit. | |
| Paraphrasing: Write it in Your Own Words---A common mistake students make it to paraphrase another author's work and assume they are not plagiarizing because they are changing the words around. If you don't give the first author credit, paraphrasing IS plagiarism. In this guide from The Online Writing Lab at Purdue, you'll not only find several ways to paraphrase without stealing. It all comes down to giving credit to the original author. | |
| Plagiarism Tutorial--if you're not sure what plagiarism is, you can go through this little tutorial from San Jose State University, which will give you examples and explanations of different kinds of plagiarism. You can sign is as a "guest" to use this tutorial! | |
| What is Plagiarism? A brief definition and explanation from the University of Indiana, Bloomington. | |
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