 Take a seat and sign in to your chrome book with the following formula:  first letter of your first name, entire last name, last 4 digits of your student ID  Sample:  Put your screen at a 45 degree angle and turn it toward the screen

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 To acknowledge our sources (show where we found the information) and not plagiarize.  HINT! Plan to keep a record of your research as you go along! It is so much easier than backtracking!

 Copyright is a form of protection given to the authors or creators of “original works of authorship,” including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic and other intellectual works.

 Did you know that whenever you write a poem or story or even a paper for your class, or a drawing or other artwork, you automatically own the copyright to it?

 What that means is that, as the author of the work, you alone have the right to do any of the following or to let others do any of the following: 1. Make copies of your work; 2. Distribute copies of your work;

3. Perform your work publicly (such as for plays, film, dances or music); 4. Display your work publicly (such as for artwork, or stills from audiovisual works, or any material used on the Internet or television); 5. Make “derivative works” (including making modifications, adaptations or other new uses of a work, or translating the work to another media).

 In general, it is illegal for anyone to do any of these things with a work created by you, without your permission, but there are some exceptions and limitations to your rights. One major limitation is the doctrine of “Fair Use.”  Copyright law in the United States is embodied in federal laws enacted by Congress. The current copyright law, the Copyright Act of 1976 (as amended), is codified in Title 17 of the U.S. Code.

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Author’s last name, author’s first name. Title of the book. Place of publication: Publisher, date.

 Author: Tim O’Shei  Title: Diana, Princess of Wales  Place of Publication: Mankato, Minnesota  Publisher: Capstone Press  Date: 2009

O’Shei, Tim. Diana, Princess of Wales. Mankato, Minnesota: Capstone Press, 2009.

Author’s last name, author’s first name. “Title of the article.” Title of the encyclopedia. Edition Year.

 Author’s name: Howard Timms  Title of the article: Diana, Princess of Wales  Title of the encyclopedia: World Book Encyclopedia  Year: 2011

Timms, Howard. “Diana, Princess of Wales.” World Book Encyclopedia ed.

Author Last Name, First Name. “Article Title,” Magazine/ Newspaper. Date: pages.

 Author Name: Ian Buruma  Article Title: Diana  Magazine/Newspaper: Time  Date: June 14, 1999  Pages:

Buruma, Ian. “Diana,” Time 14 June,

Author’s last name, author’s first name. Title or description of page. Date published or updated. Name of institutions or organization. Date you accessed the page.

 Author’s name: A&E Networks  Title of page: Princess Diana Biography  Date published or updated: 2013  Name of institution or organization: Biography.com  Date you accessed the page: February 6, 2013

A&E Networks. “Princess Diana Biography,” Biography.com. Accessed on February 6, 2013.

 In MLA style, referring to the works of others in your text is done by using what is known as parenthetical citation. This method involves placing source information in parentheses after a quote or a paraphrase.

 MLA format follows the author-page method of in-text citation.  This means that the author's last name and the page number(s) from which the quotation or paraphrase is taken must appear in the text, and a complete reference should appear on your Works Cited page.

 The author's name may appear either in the sentence itself or in parentheses following the quotation or paraphrase, but the page number(s) should always appear in the parentheses, not in the text of your sentence.

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

 Both sample citations tell readers that the information in the sentence can be located on page 263 of a work by an author named Wordsworth.

 If readers want more information about this source, they can turn to the Works Cited page, where, under the name of Wordsworth, they would find the following information: Wordsworth, William. Lyrical Ballads. London: Oxford U.P., Print.

DON’T FORGET TO CITE YOUR SOURCES, IF YOU DON’T IT IS PLAGIARISM!

Works Cited Lee, Marlene. "Citation Maker." Oregon School Library Information System. oslis.org, n.d. Web. 19 Jan "MLA Formatting and Style Guide." Purdue Online Writing Lab. Purdue University, n.d. Web. 19 Jan

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