Short tutorial about source citation.

1. you have a research
project Due?
Your teachers at Lindblom will
always tell you to.....

2. Cite Your Sources!
CITE ALL
Sources &
include a
WORKS CITED
PAGE in MLA
Format

3. Why Cite?
To show your readers To point readers to
(& teachers) that you sources that may be
have done your useful to them & to
research!! allow them to check
your sources.
To give credit to
others’ work and
ideas.

4. 2 Ways to Cite:
Quoting & Paraphrasing
“Leonardo based his figures
on well observed sketches
take a look at drawn from real life, a
growing knowledge of
this Quote anatomy, and an
understanding of human
from a Book Movement.”
ABout the
REnaissance
Period.
Ritchie, Robert. Historical Atlas of the Renaissance. New
York: Checkmark, 2004. Print.

5. Quoting
Savon’s Paper
P. 6
A quotation uses Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah
exactly the same Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah
Blah. Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah
words and puts them Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah
Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah.
in quotation marks. “Leonardo based his figures
on well observed sketches
drawn from real life, a
growing knowledge of
anatomy, and an
Here’s what a understanding of human
movement” (Ritchie 36).
quotation looks like Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah
Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah.
with a proper in-text Blah
Blah
Blah
Blah
Blah
Blah
Blah
Blah
Blah
Blah
Blah
Blah
Blah
Blah
reference in MLA Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah.
style.

6. Paraphrasing
Savon’s Paper
A paraphrase uses an author’s idea, P. 6
but expresses it in your own words-- Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah
Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah
without quotation marks--since it’s no Blah. Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah
longer a word-for-word quotation. (Blue 92) Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah
Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah
Blah Blah
Remember: just changing a few words Da Vinci observed People in real Life
and used This knowledge in his
from the original doesn’t count! sketches, sculptures, and Drawings
(Ritchie 36).
Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah
And you must include an in-text citation Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah
(Blue 35). Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah
for paraphrased information! Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah
Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah
Blah Blah (Blue 127).

7. Include
the Full
Source
Citation in
your
Works
Cited page
(include at the end
of your paper.)

8. Why Cite? (This is a Repeat because it is That important!!)
To show your readers To point readers to
(& teachers) that you sources that may be
have done your useful to them & to
research. allow them to check
your sources.
To give credit to
others’ work and
ideas.

9. Cite everything except:
1) your Own Conclusions
&
2) Common Knowledge

10. Failure to
Cite your
sources is
called ?????

11. YES...
Plagiarism.
Don’t
plagiarize.
It’s not
Right.
Mr. Dean “The Mean” Williams

12. Remember to use the
Library’s Databases
Source Citations are Found at the bottom
of the database articles!!!
COPY & PASTE into your bibliography or
Works Cited Page.

13. Sample Works Cited page

14. More REsources on
Source Citation
Purdue’s Owl http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
Duke University http://library.duke.edu/research/citing/index.html
EasyBib http://easybib.com/