1. The basics of research and citing

2. Research means… When we say “research”, we mean …
The act of searching for websites, books, videos, etc. that could be useful for your paper

3. When you research… You should look for credible sources
You should vary the search words you use
You should keep track of the sources you look at

4. Citing means…
Giving credit to the source a piece of information is from inside you essay
Why this is important to know:
The last page of your essay is called WORKS CITED, not WORKS LOOKED AT
Only sources that you actually use information from in your essay get listed on that page

5. Why do we cite? To show where the information came from originally
So readers can know where to find out more about the topic
So readers can fact-check us

6. Using a source in your essay
What does this mean exactly?
Quote
Paraphrase
Summary
Any way you use or borrow information from another source needs to be CITED

7. Using a source in your essay
Quote=the exact words, use “ “ AND CITE
Paraphrase=changing the words and the sentence structure but keeping the meaning. CITE
Summary=using the main idea in fewer words. AND CITE

8. How much to quote You should not be quoting every time
The quotes shouldn’t be more than a phrase or sentence long=short quotes
You should use more than one source per paragraph to show that multiple sources say the same thing, not just one
More sources=stronger evidence

9. The Works Cited page
Once you know for sure that you are going to use (quote, paraphrase, summarize) something from a source in your paper, you can add it to your Works Cited page
Follow the format for the style you are given
Here, we work with MLA, but there are many other styles

10. What citing actually looks like
You cite by taking the first part of the works cited page entry and placing that in parentheses after the quote, paraphrase, or summary

11. How would you cite info from this source?
(Feinberg and Hetherington #).
#=page number
Websites will not have page numbers so just exclude

12. How would you cite info from this source?
(Dunn #).
#=page number
Websites will not have page numbers so just exclude

13. How would you cite info from this source?
(Argys et al. #).
#=page number
Websites will not have page numbers so just exclude

14. How would you cite info from this source?
(“Developments in the Law” #).
#=page number
Websites will not have page numbers so just exclude

15. How would you cite info from this source?
(“The Impact of Global Warming”).
#=page number
Websites will not have page numbers so just exclude

16. A special note (“The Impact of Global Warming”).
If you mention this information already in the sentence with the quote, paraphrase, or summary, you don’t need to mention it again in the parentheses.

17. A word about easy bib It can help you get it about 80% correct
You need to know what you’re doing to fix the little mistakes

18. For help Citing: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/02/
Works cited:
Works cited for websites:
Electronic sources: