1. Creating a Bibliography
The keys to citing sources

2. Why cite sources? Respect copyright laws Avoid plagiarism
Give proper credit for original creations

3. Always give credit when using:
Another person’s idea, opinion or theory
Facts, statistics, graphs, drawings or any other pieces of information that are not common knowledge
Quotations of another person’s actual spoken or written words
Statements paraphrased from another person’s spoken or written words

4. How to give proper credit
Use quotations in your work to show exact replication of another source
Use parenthetical references in the body of your work
Create a bibliography of works cited

5. Creating a bibliography

6. NoodleTools Bibliography generator
Compiles works cited into alphabetical listing
Transfers information to a “Works Cited” Microsoft Word file

10. Creating a personal account

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15. How to add citations

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18. Types of citations There are two main types of citation styles: MLA
Modern Language Association
APA
American Psychological Association
For our purposes, we will be focusing on MLA Advanced

19. Types of citations
Different formats require different information in the citation
Print Materials
Books
Reference Sources
Electronic Resources
Web sites
Articles from databases

20. Print materials: Books

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From this page, start a new citation from the menu at the top. Additional citations will automatically be added to your list.

30. Print Materials: Reference Books

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39. Electronic Resources: World Wide Web

40. Web sites Information retrieved off the Internet Need to know:
Organization who publishes the site
URL of the site
Date you retrieved the information
Note: The person who maintains the site is not necessarily the author
Also, Web site information is not the same as an article retrieved from a database.

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50. Electronic Resources: databases

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70. Work will be saved for one year.

71. Finished product free of plagiarism:
Original content and ideas
Information taken from other authors given proper credit
All direct quotes acknowledged in the body of the paper
All sources used for reference cited in bibliography