CITING YOUR SOURCES MRS. BRIGGS

WHY DO I NEED TO CITE MY SOURCES? Two common examples of plagiarism: paraphrasing someone’s work without citing the source and giving incorrect information about your sources People who read your paper may want to know your sources so that they can read those sources as well. Not telling them is like describing an incredible book you read to a friend but not giving the title or author. Every research paper you write will need a works cited page, so you might as well get used to it.

How to avoid sloppy citing Write down all the information you need on each source you use. (If it’s a book, I like to photocopy the title page and copyright page and attach them to my notes). Do not separate your notes and the source you took them from. Some people take notes on one side of an index card, and then write the source the notes are from on the other side. Leave time to check your final draft and make sure everything is cited properly.

MOST IMPORTANT TIP LEAVE PLENTY OF TIME! SAY NO TO PROCRASTINATION!!!!

CITING YOUR SOURCES On the Media Center home page, click “Citing your Sources:” There are several options for citing sources; my favorite is Citation Machine: http://www.citationmachine.net/ Click this link, and select “MLA.” Select “Magazine Article.” For this exercise, you are citing an article from People magazine, pages 58-64, called “Lucky to be Alive: Portia de Rossi’s Anorexia Battle.” It was written by Portia de Rossi and was featured in the November 15, 2010 issue of People.

CITATION MACHINE You will see a menu on the left listing different types of sources. We are citing a magazine article, so pick that. A form pops up asking you to fill in information like the author’s name and the article’s title. Fill out the form and click submit!

DID YOU GET SOMETHING LIKE THIS? Bibliographic Citation: de Rossi, Portia. "Lucky to be Alive: Portia de Rossi's Anorexia Battle." People. 15 November 2010: 58-64. Print. In-Text Citation: (de Rossi 58-64)