This document summarizes a presentation on plagiarism and APA style. The presentation covered defining plagiarism, benefits of annotated bibliographies, how to cite sources in-text and in references according to APA style, and special cases like citing multiple authors or sources from the same author in one year. Resources for practicing citations were provided.
MLA MLA stands for the Modern Language Association, which is an organization that focuses on language and literature.
Depending on which subject area your class or research focuses on, your professor may ask you to cite your sources in MLA format. This is a specific way to cite, following the Modern Language Association’s guidelines.
MLA MLA stands for the Modern Language Association, which is an organization that focuses on language and literature.
Depending on which subject area your class or research focuses on, your professor may ask you to cite your sources in MLA format. This is a specific way to cite, following the Modern Language Association’s guidelines.
This is an instructional PowerPoint on MLA formatting geared toward middle school students. I have also split this into two presentations and added narration. See MLA Documentation Parts 1 and 2.
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4. Image by Duane Hoffmann
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It’s out there, why not reuse it?
Webb, S. (2012, December 12).
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near exact copies of his pictures…
after seeing them on sale in a gallery
for $4,000. The Daily Mail. Retrieved
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• Plagiarism can come in many different forms. What
is your experience with plagiarism?
• You are writing an annotated bibliography for this
class. What are some of the benefits of the
annotated bibliography assignment?
5. Pre-class citation
Cite this article: http://bit.ly/RYQ2Nz
Kinlaw, C.R., Dunlap, L.L., & D’Angelo, J.A.
(2012). Relations between faculty use of
online academic resources and student
class attendance. Computers &
Education, 59(2), 167-172.
doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2011.12.028
8. Style Manuals
Different
disciplines use different
style manuals
Social Sciences = American
Psychological Association (APA)
Humanities = MLA Handbook for
Writers of Research Papers (MLA)
9. The point is…
Acknowledge
where you found the
information
Briefly identify the source
Allows others to find additional
information
10. What needs to be cited?
Books
Web Pages
Magazine articles
Graphics
VHS,DVD, audio, etc.
Government reports
Statistics
Encyclopedia articles
Any source of information!
11. What needs to be cited?
Direct
quotes
Ideas borrowed
Paraphrased material
12. In-text Citation needs:
Direct
Quote
All authors’ last names
Year of publication
Page number
Paraphrase
All authors’ last names
Year of publication
13. Direct Quote: In-text citation
As
researchers Yanovski and Yanovski
(2002) have explained, obesity was once
considered “either a moral failing or
evidence of underlying
psychopathology” (p. 592).
OR
A relationship is defined as “the
interdependence between two or more
people” (Coombs, 2001, p.106).
14. Direct Quote: In-text citation
Longer
than 40 words?
Indented five spaces from left margin in
block format
Usually
it is better to paraphrase
15. The wrong way to paraphrase:
Failure to Cite Source
Original
“They desire, for
example, virtue and
the absence of vice,
no less really than
pleasure and the
absence of pain.”
Source: Mill, John Stuart.
“Utilitarianism.” On Liberty and
Other Essays. New York: Oxford
University Press, 1998. Quote is
from page 169.
Paraphrase
People want
morality just as much
as they want
happiness.
16. The wrong way to paraphrase:
Lack of Significant Rewording
Original
“To the young
American architects
who made the
pilgrimage, the most
dazzling figure of all
was Walter Gropius,
founder of the
Bauhaus School.”
Source: Wolfe, Tom. From Bauhaus
to Our House. New York: Farrar
Straus Giroux, 1981. Quote is from
page 10.
Paraphrase
To young American
architects who went
to Germany, the
most dazzling figure
was Walter Gropius,
founder of the
Bauhaus School
(Wolfe, 1981).
17. In-text Citations
More than one author
Two authors
Greenfield and Savage (1990)
(Greenfield & Savage, 1990, p. 567)
Three to five authors
You must first identify all of the authors either in the signal phrase or the
first citation.
After you have identified all, you may use “et al.”
Terrace, Petitto, Sanders, and Bever (1979) believed…
(Terrace, Petitto, Sanders, & Bever, 1979)
Terrace et al. (1979) stated……
(Terrace et al., 1979)
Six or more authors
Use first authors last name and then et al.
18. In-text Citations
Organization
as author
Government or other organization
Use organization name as author in signal
phrase
Use organization in parenthetical citation
The National Institute of Mental Health
(2001)…
(National Institute of Mental Health, 2001)
19. Special cases
If
you have more than one author with
the same last name, use the first initial in
the citation
(Smith, A., 2002)
If
you have more than one work in the
same year by the same author, use letters
a, b, c, etc. to indicate correct source
(Entman, 2004a)
20. References
The in-text citation must match up with the references
entry
Use the heading “References” at the top of a new
page
List entries alphabetically
Author’s last name (if no author, then by organization
name or title)
Double space each entry
No extra spaces between entries
If over one line, entry should have a hanging indent
21.
22. References – Books
Create a reference for this book
Book authors or editors:
Last name
First letter of first name and middle initial
Date of publication:
Book Title:
Publication information:
City and state
Publisher
23. References – Books
Create a reference for this book
Book authors or editors: Grant, J.
Date of publication: (1994).
Book Title: I hate school!: Some common
sense answers for educators & parents who
want to know why & what to do about it
Publication information: Rosemont, NJ:
Modern Learning Press.
24. Book Example
Grant, S. (1994). I hate school!: Some common sense
answers for educators & parents who want to
know why & what to do about it. Rosemont, NJ:
Modern Learning Press.
Notes:
1.
2.
3.
Periods must follow first letter of author’s name and middle initial,
publication date, book title, and publisher.
Book title is always in italics.
Only capitalize the first letter of book title, any letter following a colon (:),
and proper nouns.
25. References – Journals
Create a reference for this journal article
Article author:
Last name
First letter of first name and middle initial
Date of publication:
Article title:
Periodical title:
Publication information:
Volume number and issue number (if available)
Page numbers
Digital Object Identifier number:
26. References – Journals
Create a reference for this journal article
Article author: Peleg, R., & Baram-Tsabari, A.
Date of publication: (2011).
Article title: Atom surprise: Using theatre in primary
science education.
Periodical title: Journal of Science Education &
Technology,
Publication information: 20(5), 508-524.
Digital Object Identifier number: doi:10.1007/s10956-0119299-yx
27. Journal Example
Peleg, R., & Baram-Tsabari, A. (2011). Atom surprise: Using theatre
in primary science education. Journal of Science Education
& Technology, 20(5), 508-524. doi:10.1007/s10956-011-9299-y
Notes:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Periods must follow first letter of author’s first and middle initial, publication
date, article title, and publication information.
A comma will follow the author’s last name, first initial (if more than one
author), journal title and volume number.
Article title is never italicized – always written normal.
Always italicize: journal title, volume number, and the commas before and
after volume number. Journal title follows capitol case lettering.
Only capitalize the first letter of article title, any letter following a colon (:),
and proper nouns.
Place a space between author first name and middle initial
28. Journal Articles Extra Info
Articles
retrieved from a database such as
EBSCO or PsycINFO do not need to
include database information
Articles
not including a doi number should
contain the journal URL after the page
numbers such as
Retrieved from http://js.sagamorepub.com/pe
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