Chicago Style Citations

Learning Goals By the end of this lesson you will: Have an understanding of why we use citations Have an understanding of how to use Chicago style citations

How not to plagiarize Plagiarism: “to represent as one’s own any idea or expression of an idea or work of another in any academic examination or term test or in connection with any other form of academic work” http://www.writing.utoronto.ca/advice/using-sources/how-not-to-plagiarize

How not to plagiarize The point of documenting sources is not to just avoid failing/ getting sent to the principal but also to demonstrate that you know what your project is on It is also a courtesy to your readers because it helps them to consult the materials you have found

What if I put it into my own words? Even if you put something into your own words or “paraphrase” it you still need to cite it It shows that your ideas are related to those of the experts

**It is always better to over cite than to miss something and be accused of plagiarism**

Chicago style Chicago style uses a bibliography and footnotes A bibliography is found at the end of the paper/work and lists all the information alphabetically by the author’s last names A footnote is found within the document, word processing systems will have something for you to click to insert a footnote.

Bibliography Always put authors in alphabetical order by their last name Make sure you include all the information about the source Follow the handout that will be provided

Footnotes Are inserted within the document Make sure that you include all the information about the source the first time you cite it If you cite the same source again you can just use the author’s last name and the page number If you cite the same source again right after you just used it use the word “Ibid” and the page number

Example http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/resdoc5e/pdf/Hacker-Bish-CMS.pdf

Website for more information http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/resdoc5e/RES5e_ch10_s1-0001.html