Writing 2

Google Scholar University of Michigan online databases:

http://www.umich.edu/libraries-catalogues.php

Special Business databases: http://www.bus.umich.edu/kresgelibrary/resources/databases.htm

Wikipedia (useful for overview, use their citations)

You must cite: Direct Quotes Paraphrased Facts Borrowed Ideas Different styles (ask your professor)—we’ll

use footnotes based on the Harvard School of Business guidelines

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1. Harvard Business School, “Citation Guide,” http://www.library.hbs.edu/guides/citationguide.pdf, accessed February 2012.

(Magazine Article) 1. Paul A. Gompers, “The Rise of Venture Capital,” Business and Economic History 23 (Winter 1994): 12.

(Book) 2. William W. George, Seven Lessons for Leading in Crisis (San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2009), p. 29.

(Newspaper from internet) 3. Kenneth L. Gilpin, “Stocks Soar Amid a Broad Rally on Wall Street,” The New York Times, July 29, 2002, http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/29/ business/29CNDSTOX.html, accessed July 2002

(Website) 4. Walt Disney Company, “Company Overview,” http://corporate.disney.go.com/corporate/overview.html, accessed June 2011.

Gompers says, “venture capital has risen lately.”1

1The recent rise in venture capital has led many to…

Or…

Use Ibid. to repeat a footnote from directly before:

Use a shortened footnote to repeat a footnote with another one in between:

You must cite anything that is not an original idea or common knowledge

Michigan’s website includes a special warning to International Students: “All U of M students are personally responsible for educating themselves about plagiarism... The expectations regarding citations… may differ from nation to nation…”

Read the Plagiarism Test with a partner, and discuss the questions

Work with your partner to find your five sources

Write the correct citation for each source Write a short (one paragraph) summary of

the information you will get from each one