What do you do when you want to use someone else’s words? Citation What do you do when you want to use someone else’s words?

CITATION Do Cite. Don’t Plagiarize

WHAT IS PLAGIARISM

Plagiarism PLAGIARISM is using someone else’s words or ideas without giving proper credit.

PLAGIARISM Cont. If you’re quoting an author or using his or her idea, place in parentheses: Example: (Author’s last name, page number.) following the quote or paraphrased idea. Hawaii’s state government has three parts called branches. Hawaii’s state government is like the United States government (Thomas, 25).

Bibliography or Works Cited A bibliography or a works cited page is an alphabetized list of all of your sources.

An example of a book entry: Author’s last name, first name. Book Title. City of publication: Publishing company, publication date. Important: you must indent the second and third lines of an entry.

Here’s how it looks: Thomas, William. Hawaii . Pleasantville: Gareth Stevens Publishing, 2007.

Encyclopedia entry: “Title of article.” Title of Encyclopedia. Edition. Date of publication.

Internet example “Title of Article.” Version date of publication. Publisher. Date you accessed the website. Website address.

Save the first page for last. Follow your teachers instructions.

Example of cover for a report. Title of Report Graphic (Graph, picture, etc.) Your name Grade Teacher’s name Date

CONGRATULATIONS You’re on your way to writing a great research report!

Citation Exercise Follow these steps: Find a book. Select and copy a quote on a piece of paper. Cite the quote correctly. A source to use is citationmachine.com

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Avoid plagiarism How Can Students Avoid Plagiarism? To avoid plagiarism, you must give credit whenever you use another person’s idea, opinion, or theory; any facts, statistics, graphs, drawings—any pieces of information—that are not common knowledge; quotations of another person’s actual spoken or written words; or paraphrase of another person’s spoken or written words.