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Plagiarism, Citation, and Source Integration Exercises, 10/29/18

Plagiarism, Citation, and Source Integration Exercises, 10/29/18

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I. Plagiarism Take a look at this infograph for a comprehensive breakdown of different types of plagiarism and their severity: II. Source Integration Examples  This website’s description of integrating sources should be extremely helpful as you begin to work on the first draft of your inquiry project. Additionally, here are some example paragraphs for source integration*: Bad source integration: Black Elk often spoke of the importance of the circle to American Indian culture. “You may have noticed that everything an Indian does…

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MLA and APA In-Text Citation Examples

MLA and APA In-Text Citation Examples

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In-text citations, otherwise known as parenthetical citations, help your reader see which words and ideas are yours and which ones belong to your sources. In-text citations are important, as they establish your credibility as an ethical writer, they give credit where credit is due, and they help readers understand where they need to look in your bibliography if they want to read more from your sources. In-text citations mirror the listings in your bibliography, creating a kind of roadmap for…

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APA Citation Examples

APA Citation Examples

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For a breakdown of rules for APA formatting, your go-to source is the APA Style Manual. (This is available to borrow through the Centenary library, and should be available at all times at the reference desk, I believe.) As a secondary route, I highly recommend visiting the Purdue OWL’s APA Formatting and Style Guide. This guide provides examples and explanations for many different source types – journal articles, websites with no author names, online videos, tweets, newspaper articles, etc. Here, I’m giving you just…

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MLA (8th edition) Citation Examples

MLA (8th edition) Citation Examples

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For a breakdown of rules for MLA formatting, your go-to source is the MLA Style Manual. (This is available to borrow through the Centenary library, and should be available at all times at the reference desk, I believe.) As a secondary route, I highly recommend visiting the Purdue OWL’s MLA Formatting and Style Guide. This guide provides examples and explanations for many different source types – journal articles, websites with no author names, online videos, tweets, newspaper articles, etc. Here, I’m giving you just the basics so…

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Navigating Our Course Website

Navigating Our Course Website

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It was so great to meet all of you during our first class. I’m really looking forward to our work together this semester! I just want to provide a post to help you navigate this digital space.

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