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CITATIONS:HOW TO CITE WITHIN A
RESEARCH PAPER
By: Mr. Ochoa
WHAT IS PLAGIARISM?
"The action or practice of taking someone else's
work and passing it off as one's own; literary theft."-
Oxford English Dictionary• Copying from a website• Taking another person’s essay or ideas• Copying and pasting• Failing to use quotation marks
WHEN DO I NEED TO CITE?
When you use sources that aren't your own original
words or ideas, whether you're quoting it or re-
writing it, you still need to cite it!
WHAT DO I NOT HAVE TO CITE?
Common Knowledge• The U.S. declared independence from Great Britain• The sun rises in the east and sets in the west• H20 is the chemical formula for water
DIRECT QUOTATIONS
This is when you quote material exactly the way it
is in the article.
SAMPLE SENTENCE
According to Funk & Wagnalls New
World Encyclopedia, “Babe Ruth
began his pro career in 1914 as a
pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles of
the International League” (Funk 2).
RULE #1
Rule #1: Reference the source at the beginning of
the sentence• According to Funk & Wagnalls, • Funk & Wagnalls state….• The authors state or the author states…
Notice that there is a comma after you introduce the source
According to Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, “Babe
Ruth began his pro career in 1914 as a pitcher for the
Baltimore Orioles of the International League” (Funk 2).
RULE #2
Rule #2: Use quotation marks
Notice that the words from the article are in quotations.
The quotations surround all of the words that are not
your own
According to Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, “Babe
Ruth began his pro career in 1914 as a pitcher for the Baltimore
Orioles of the International League” (Funk 2).
RULE #3
Rule #3: Cite your source at the end of the sentence
The first word from the MLA citation should appear in parenthesis
If you have multiple sources with the same first word, use the
second word. We have to be able to find it easily on the annotated
bibliography.• For instance if you might have the following sources• Babe Ruth. Legends of Baseball…• Babe Ruth. ESPN• One would be cited like this (Legends).• The other would be cited like this (ESPN).
PARAPHRASE
This is when you put the quotation in to your own
words.
RULES #1-#3
Rule #1: Introduce your source
Rule #2: No quotations
Rule #3: Cite your source• End your citations when you are done. See sample
essay
PARAPHRASE
Exact Quotation:• “Babe Ruth began playing baseball when he was a
child. A priest at the orphanage helped teach Ruth the fundamentals of the game. Before long, Ruth became a dominant hitter.”
Choose 3-4 key words or phrases. Then, put it into
your own words
Ruth was taken in by a priest who turned him into a
dominant player (Columbia 34).
BLOCK QUOTING
When you directly cite more than three lines
Indent the long quotation.
In "American Origins of the Writing-across-the-
Curriculum Movement," David Russell argues:“Writing has been an issue in American secondary and higher education since papers and examinations came into wide use in the 1870s, eventually driving out formal recitation and oral examination” (Russell 56).
EXTRA RULES
Create an interesting title
You need an attention getter, link, and thesis
Quotations that are longer than 3 lines should be
block quoted
YOUR TURN
Read the article
Create a direct quotation.
Create a paraphrase quotation.
Create a block quote.