How To How To Correctly CiteCorrectly Cite

This power point is intended to This power point is intended to remind/teach you the basics of remind/teach you the basics of citing sources, both within your citing sources, both within your actual essay and for your Works actual essay and for your Works

Cited page.Cited page.

Works Cited for a bookWorks Cited for a book

Last name, First name. Last name, First name. Title of BookTitle of Book. . Place of Publication: Publisher, Place of Publication: Publisher,

Year Year of Publication. Medium of of Publication. Medium of Publication.Publication.

FOR EXAMPLE

Koller, Jackie French.Koller, Jackie French. A Place to Call A Place to Call Home. Home. New York: Aladdin New York: Aladdin Paperbacks, Paperbacks, 1997. Print.1997. Print.

For example:For example:

Wordsworth stated that Romantic Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a poetry was marked by a "spontaneous overflow of powerful "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (263). feelings" (263).

Romantic poetry is characterized by Romantic poetry is characterized by the "spontaneous overflow of the "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (Wordsworth 263).powerful feelings" (Wordsworth 263).

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Works Cited for an Works Cited for an online articleonline article

“Article Title.” Issues & Controversies On File: n. pag. Issues & Controversies. Facts On File News Services, Date of article, Day Mo. Year. Web. Date of access, Day Mo. Year. <URL>.

FOR EXAMPLE "Darfur Crisis." Issues & Controversies On

File: n. pag. Issues & Controversies. Facts On File

News Services, 10 Apr. 2009. Web. 8 Nov. 2013. <http://www.2facts.com/article/i1400190>.

In-text Citation for In-text Citation for authored worksauthored works

You have to show your sources You have to show your sources within your writing. within your writing. Author's last nameAuthor's last name page numberpage number from which the from which the

quotationquotation or or paraphraseparaphrase is taken is taken must appear in the text.must appear in the text.

Excerpt from article,Excerpt from article,“The Crisis in Darfur” “The Crisis in Darfur”

paragraph 10paragraph 10Survivors of such attacks usually flee to refugee camps in isolated parts of Darfur. Food and water in those camps are scarce, and those who venture from the camps to look for food often become targets of the Janjaweed. Many refugee camps were erected just across Darfur's western border, in Chad. The Janjaweed has reportedly ventured into Chad, attacking civilians from those camps as well.

In-text Citation for Facts In-text Citation for Facts on File articles (no on File articles (no

author listed)author listed) Use the first two or three words of Use the first two or three words of

the article title in quotation marks the article title in quotation marks and the paragraph number.and the paragraph number.

No comma between article title and No comma between article title and paragraph numberparagraph number

Period goes AFTER the parenthetical Period goes AFTER the parenthetical citation.citation.

Example of parenthetical Example of parenthetical citationcitation

As a result of violent attacks, people As a result of violent attacks, people were forced to flee to less than safe were forced to flee to less than safe refugee camps in remote areas of refugee camps in remote areas of Darfur (“The Crisis in Darfur” para. Darfur (“The Crisis in Darfur” para. 10).10).

Even though there is no direct Even though there is no direct quote, I must cite the information.quote, I must cite the information.

ParaphrasingParaphrasing A paraphrase is...A paraphrase is... your own rendition of essential information your own rendition of essential information

and ideas expressed by someone else, and ideas expressed by someone else, presented in a new form. presented in a new form.

one legitimate way (when accompanied by one legitimate way (when accompanied by accurate documentation) to borrow from a accurate documentation) to borrow from a source. source.

a more detailed restatement than a a more detailed restatement than a summary, which focuses concisely on a summary, which focuses concisely on a single main idea.single main idea.

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Paraphrasing is a valuable skill Paraphrasing is a valuable skill because...because...

it helps you control the temptation to it helps you control the temptation to quote too much. quote too much.

the mental process required for the mental process required for successful paraphrasing helps you to successful paraphrasing helps you to grasp the full meaning of the original. grasp the full meaning of the original.

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What is a Bad Paraphrase?What is a Bad Paraphrase?

A bad paraphrase is when you simply A bad paraphrase is when you simply take outtake out certain words with and certain words with and replace them with replace them with synonymssynonyms, while , while maintaining the structure of the maintaining the structure of the original quotation. original quotation.

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What’s a Good What’s a Good Paraphrase?Paraphrase?

To write a good paraphrase, To write a good paraphrase, borrow borrow only the only the ideaidea conveyed by the conveyed by the author. Express the sentiment in author. Express the sentiment in your own wordsyour own words, in your own way., in your own way.

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Write one sentence using the Write one sentence using the information from the Darfur article information from the Darfur article that is a direct quotation.that is a direct quotation.

Write one sentence using the Write one sentence using the information in a paraphrase.information in a paraphrase.

For each sentence, write a correctly For each sentence, write a correctly formatted parenthetical citation.formatted parenthetical citation.