Ethics & Information How to find reliable information How to use it legally How to use it wisely Avoiding failure = not plagiarizing Presented by: Mrs. Mod

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Plagiarism According to the Encarta World English Dictionary: 1.copying what somebody else has written or taking somebody’s else’s idea and trying to pass it off as original 2.something copied from somebody else’s work, or somebody else’s idea that somebody presents as his or her own “Encarta ® World English Dictionary ©1999 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.” (Brilliant! This software on my computer encouraged me to cite my source by providing the citation when I copied & pasted this definition! You students have it SO easy!)

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APA style Warlick, D. (2009). APA: web page. Retrieved September 7, 2009, from Son of citation machine Web site: yleid=2&reqsrcid=39&mode=form&more=& source_title=Web%20Page&source_mod= &stylename=APA (Courtesy of Son of Citation Machine)Son of Citation Machine

MLA / APA style Aaron, Jane E. The Little Brown Compact Handbook. 5th. New York: Pearson Longman, Print. (Aaron, p.112) Aaron, J. E. (2004). The Little, Brown compact handbook. New York, NY: Pearson Longman. (Aaron, 2004, p. 112)

Reliability of Websites How valid is this resource? Expert? Factual? Does it list IT’S resources? Updated? Bias? Reliability links

Check for reliability Reliability checklistchecklist Widener University  Lists for news pages, informational pages, personal pages, etc.

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