This document discusses the importance of citing sources in research papers to avoid plagiarism. It defines plagiarism as copying others' words and ideas and claiming them as your own. The document explains that sources must be cited using methods like paraphrasing, which is expressing an author's ideas in your own words. It provides examples of properly paraphrasing sources and citing them in parentheses by author name and page number for books or referencing the site or article title. The overall message is that citing sources is required to avoid plagiarism.

1. Citing is Exciting! Now that we have three sources, what do we do with them?

2. Citing Sources When writing a research paper, information in the paper is dependent on “sources” or places you find your research. “ Sources” include: Internet Books Reference Books Online Journals Periodicals

3. Citing Sources All of these “sources” have authors. And the author isn’t you! So, when we use other authors’ works, we must CITE the SOURCE . “ What if we don’t?”

4. Plagiarism PLAGIARISM : copying someone else’s words and ideas and claiming that they are your own Plagiarizing is the same thing as stealing. It is a crime and will not be tolerated by any teacher in the Greencastle School Corporation. “ How do I avoid plagiarism?”

5. PARAPHRASING! PARAPHRASING: to express an author’s ideas in your own words What are some synonyms for paraphrasing? Summarizing Rephrasing Restating Rewording Translating You’ve got it!

6. We need an example! Source says: Miss Smith spent many hours slaving over her stove to concoct the perfect delectable dessert. She called it chocolate cake. Summary says: After many long hours, Miss Smith created what she named chocolate cake, a delicious dessert. Simon says: Great Job!

7. Let’s take a closer look. Source: Miss Smith spent many hours slaving over her stove to concoct the perfect delectable dessert. She called it chocolate cake. Summary says: After many long hours , Miss Smith created what she named chocolate cake , a delicious dessert . The bolded/underlined words are words in the original source. That’s okay, AS LONG AS YOU DON’T HAVE MORE THAN TWO REPEATING WORDS. Otherwise…

8. THAT’S PLAGIARISM!

9. Let’s try to paraphrase 1.) SOURCE: Mrs. Stoffregen enjoyed her time in space. She saw Martians of a green shade and purple palm trees on Mars. 2.) SOURCE: Mrs. Stoffregen likes to begin each day with the DOL and save the most exciting part for last: writing papers!

10. So, how will the reader know who the source’s author is? Here’s the exCITING part! Once you’ve paraphrased your source, you document it by placing the source in parentheses. Let me show ya!

11. Citing is Exciting! If your source is a book, you use the author’s name and page number. After many long hours, Miss Craw created what she named chocolate cake, a delicious dessert (Stevens 29). If your source is internet, you use the site’s name and underline it. You may shorten the site’s name and just use the first keyword. After many long hours, Miss Craw created what she named chocolate cake, a delicious dessert ( Recipes ). If you use a reference source or article, you use the keyword of the title and put it in quotation marks. After many long hours, Miss Craw created what she named chocolate cake, a delicious dessert (“Cakes”).

12. Remember… CITING IS EXCITING … and required by the teachers at GMS. Good luck with your projects!