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BY: MELISSA PEPE AND MANDY LEACH

PLAGIARISM

+ "Every member of the Ramapo community is expected to be honest and forthright in their academic endeavors. Since violations of academic integrity

erode community confidence and undermine the pursuit of truth and knowledge at the College; academic

dishonesty must be avoided.”

For the complete Ramapo College Academic Integrity Policy:http://www.ramapo.edu/catalog_03_04/academicPrograms/gradingSystems/acadAcademicIntegrity.html

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+When to Cite Anything that is not common knowledge

Common knowledge: July 4th is America’s day of Independence – DO NOT CITE

NOT common knowledge: There are many different names for Management Accountants such as: cost, managerial, industrial, corporate, and private accountants (Bureau of Labor Statistics). Need to cite this

Anything that is not your own words Direct Quotes: This act will “allow further restraints on sales

and marketing to young people, including stronger warning labels with graphic depictions of smoking-related illnesses” (Wilson).

Paraphrasing: Under this act the F.D.A., or the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, is now allowed to regulate tobacco products (which will help with the nicotine levels), and most importantly marketing (Krisberg).

+1. What is the URL of the

source? 2. What organization has

placed this material on the web? What kind of organization is it?

 3. When was this site

created? 4. Is there an author listed? If so, whom? 5. Did you contact the author and ask for his/her credentials? If not, why not?  

6. How do you know that this author is qualified to have written on this topic? 7. Are there ads on this site? If so, for what products? Do those ads have anything to do with the content of the site? 8. How can you be sure that this internet source is legitimate, truthful, and authoritative?  If you can not fully answer these questions and certify this source, then you may not use it in your paper!

Internet-Only Source Sheet:

+ Answering the Questions…1. What is the URL of the source?

- Here, put the exact web address of the source so that the Professor can access the site if they need to.

2. What organization has placed this material on the web? What kind of organization is it?

- The website should list this near the top or at the bottom of the webpage.

- If there is no organization listed on the page, you probably shouldn’t be using it.

- Good Example: World Trade Organization (WTO), Wall Street Journal online or anything from a college/university.

- Bad Example: About.com, Answers.com, Buzzle.com, Dictionary.com, Ehow.com or Wikipedia are not legitimate organizations.

+ Answering the Questions…3. When was this site created?

- Here, put the date the cite was created. If no creation date is provided, a last updated date is sufficient.

- If no date is on the page, you probably shouldn’t use the site.

4. Is there an author listed? If so, whom?- The author’s name may not appear right

below the title it may be at the bottom of the page.

- The author’s name could also be on a “Contact Us” or “About the Site” tab on the page.

- Sometimes a site without an author is okay to use only if the organization can be verified as legitimate.

+ Answering the Questions…5. Did you contact the author and ask for his/her credentials?

If not, why not?- If the website does not provide background and

the qualifications of the author you MUST contact the author via email or phone to ensure they have the proper credentials to be writing on the subject.

- If you do not contact the author or verify their credentials on the website, you cannot use the site

6. How do you know that this author is qualified to have written on this topic?

- Verifying the author is key. You must be able to check and provide a detailed explanation of how you know the author is qualified

- Example: If the author is a Professor from Harvard, go to the Harvard website, find the professor’s biography page and check their credentials

- If you cannot verify through the organization’s website, you MUST contact the author or you cannot use the source.

+ Answering the Questions…7. Are there ads on this site? If so, for what products? Do those

ads have anything to do with the content of the site?- A site with no ads is ideal so try to avoid sites that

have them- Acceptable Ads: If the ads relate to the content on

the site or are for a scholarly organization.- Unacceptable Ads: Any commercial ad is not okay. A

site about the Civil War should not contain ads for Verizon or Bloomingdales. That would indicate you should not use the site.

8. How can you be sure that this internet source is legitimate, truthful, and authoritative?

- This is your chance to prove you did your homework and you checked the site in every way possible so show off your knowledge

- The more detail you provide here, then the more evidence you have to prove the site is legitimate.

- Prove that you contacted the author/organization and you verified the site’s legitimacy.

- If you cannot do this is full detail you cannot use the site.

+ To Access the Internet-Only Source Sheet…

On the class Luminis Page under files you will find an example of a correctly completed Internet-Only Source Summary Sheet

The link to the site is provided so you can check the actual website and verify where the information in the answers came from

A blank Internet-Only Source Summary Sheet is also on Luminis for you to use on your next research assignment!

For anyone in the History Department or when asked to use footnotes, Turabian (or Chicago) Style of Citation will be used. For help with that use this site: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html

+Your Best Bet Databases Focus College Central

http://collegecentral.com/ https://www.focuscareer2.com/Portal/Login.cf

m?SID=569 http://libguides.ramapo.edu/majoringinbusine

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+Newspapers/magazines

New York Times

Wall Street Journal

U.S. News and World Reports

Fortune

Forbes

Bloomberg BusinessWeek

Harvard Business Review

Wired

+Rules for Writers Your main source on how to cite Pg. 427 (In-Text Citations) Pg. 437 (Works Cited) Refer to pg. 467 (MLA paper) Any Questions look here first If you are still confused on how to cite something ASK (don’t

guess!) Your College English professor Your FYS professor Librarian Go to http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

Yes, how to cite an interview (works cited) is in this book {pg. 459} In text citation is just the last name of the person that you

interviewed in parenthesis. ex: (Stathis)

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