Science Fair Papers How to write your final science fair paper!

Giving Credit & Bibliography Writing Style references how you site your sources of information for the paper. Writing Style references how you site your sources of information for the paper. Two main types of Styles: Two main types of Styles: APA Style – Handout APA Style – Handout Help available on line – Help available on line – MLA Style – Google on-line MLA Style – Google on-line

Plagiarism Handout Handout Plagiarism – buying, stealing, or borrowing information from someone else. Plagiarism – buying, stealing, or borrowing information from someone else.

Plagiarism – How to Prevent it? Give credit where credit is due! Give credit where credit is due! When: When: Words or ideas you got from someone other source. Words or ideas you got from someone other source. Information from an interview. Information from an interview. When you copy word for word. When you copy word for word. If you use diagrams, pictures, etc. from another source. If you use diagrams, pictures, etc. from another source. When you use any electronic materials. When you use any electronic materials. Document words, ideas, etc. that came from somewhere outside of you. Document words, ideas, etc. that came from somewhere outside of you.

Plagiarism – Let’s Practice! Page 7 of handout. Page 7 of handout. Read # 1 – 8 and decide if credit was given where credit is due. Read # 1 – 8 and decide if credit was given where credit is due.

How to give credit? There are two parts to giving credit: There are two parts to giving credit: A Bibliography A Bibliography Giving credit at the end of sentences. Giving credit at the end of sentences.

Your Bibliography Book: Book: Author’s last name, first initial. (Publication date). Book Title. City of publication: Publication Company. Encyclopedia Encyclopedia Author’s last name, first initial. (Publication date). Title of Article/Section. Title of Encyclopedia (Volume, pages). City of publication: Publication Company. Website Website Author’s last name, first initial. (Date of publication). Title of Work/Website. Retrieved month day, year, from list URL/Web address.

APA Style - Bibliography Examples Examples Battery. (1990). Encyclopedia britannica. (pp ). Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica. Best batteries. (December 1994). Consumer Reports Magazine, 32, Booth, Steven A. (January 1999). High-Drain Alkaline AA-Batteries. Popular Electronics, 62, 58. Brain, Marshall. How batteries work. howstuffworks. Retrieved August 1, 2006, from Worksheet to help you with this process Worksheet to help you with this process

APA – In text citations When writing a paper, you must give credit to ideas you borrowed at the end of the sentence. When writing a paper, you must give credit to ideas you borrowed at the end of the sentence. No giving credit is plagiarism! No giving credit is plagiarism!

APA – In text citations Citing sources within your paper: Citing sources within your paper: At the end of a sentence where you used an idea from another person or you quoted another person you put (Author, date published). At the end of a sentence where you used an idea from another person or you quoted another person you put (Author, date published). (McCauley, 2006) (McCauley, 2006)

APA – In text citations Example: We now know that the hyperactive boy has a neurological disorder called attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) (Hallowell & Ratey, 1994; Latham, 2000). Experts recently have agreed that the daydreaming girl also has ADHD - sometimes called ADD because it occurs without hyperactivity (Hallowell & Ratey, 1994). But what happens when the child with AD(H)D grows up? How can tutors work with college students who have AD(H)D?

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Giving Credit & Bibliography For help with this please see either: For help with this please see either: Ms. McCauley Ms. McCauley Mrs. Ielacqua Mrs. Ielacqua Times to see us are at either study hall times. Times to see us are at either study hall times.