What is plagiarism, basic structure of a citation, steps to building a citation, and a word about citation generators.

1. Using Citation Guides
 What is plagiarism?
 Citation basic structure
 Steps to building a citation
 A word about citation generators

2. What is Plagiarism?
It is plagiarism to:
Plagiarism is considered cheating / stealing.
**When in doubt: Cite it!**
• Copy
• Quote
• Summarize
• Paraphrase
…a fact, idea or
phrase without
acknowledging the
source.

3. Sources of Information
 Books
 Magazines, newspapers
 Films, TV shows, commercials, images
 Unpublished works; e.g. other people’s essays
 Electronic journals /information databases
 Websites of any kind
 Images
 Social media posts
All must be cited. If you don’t cite it – you are saying it is your
idea, your words, your work!
**When in doubt: Cite it!**

4. Citations Have 2 Parts:
Part 1: In-text
 Enables reader to easily identify, while reading, each
fact, idea, quote that you have used
Part 2: Reference List
 Enables reader to locate the original source using
complete publication information

5. Citations Part 1: In-text
 Found in the main body of your work
 Identifies exact sentence, quote, idea or
finding with a unique brief citation
 Must be included each time you use a source

6. Citations Part 2: Reference List
 …or Bibliography …or Works Cited
 Usually found at the end of your assignment
 Matches your in-text references with the full
publication information of the item
 Each item listed only once
 Enables reader to locate the source

7. Steps to Building a Citation
1. Know the format and find the correct template
2. Identify relevant bibliographic elements
3. Position the elements according to the template
4. Check formatting, punctuation & order of entries

8. 1. Know the format
 Is your source a book,
article, website?
 Find the citation template
for that format
 The Library Citation Guide
has a drop-down menu for
formats

9. 2. Identify Bibliographic Elements
 Author / Corporate Author / Editor
 Title / subtitle /
 Date
 Publication details
**The source format determines
which elements you need**

10. 3. Position elements according to
format template
TEMPLATE FOR BOOK:
 Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work:
Capital letter also for subtitle. Location: Publisher.
SPECIFIC BOOK:
 Segal, S. (2011). Corporate Value of Enterprise Risk
Management : The next step in business
management. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

11. 4. Check formatting and order of
entries
 Capitalization
 Italics
 Punctuation
 Spaces
 Hanging indent
 Alphabetize entries on Reference List
**Look up rules and see examples
on the Library Citation Guide**

12. Citation Software
There are many kinds of online citation builders, citation
generators, and citation managers:
 MS Word References Tool
 Library Discovery Database “Golden Ticket”
 Citation Machine, Easy Bib, Knight Cite, RefMe
 and many more
When used properly, these can save you time and
effort…

13. Citation Software: Caution
You must double-check the results!
Compare with a style guide & use your own judgement.
Examine:
 font and punctuation
 names and dates
 spacing and indent
 correct bibliographic elements included