1. Citing Sources to Avoid Plagiarizing Senior Project Dr. Heather Moschetta Woodland Hills High School

2. Citing Sources What is it? – Giving credit to the author(s) of the sources you use to write a paper Why do I have to do it? – If you don’t, it’s plagiarism – People make their living writing and publishing; if you do not give them credit, you are essentially stealing

3. Citing Sources When do I have to add a parenthetical citation? – For the outline, you need a citation at the end of every line that came from one of your sources All of my information is from my sources! Is there anything I don’t have to cite? – Your attention grabber – Your thesis statement – Your conclusion

4. Citing Sources Does that mean that almost every line must have a parenthetical citation? – YES! In the paper you will take out some of them, but in the outline, just about every line will need a citation How do I format my parenthetical citations? – Examples on the next few slides

5. Print Sources With an Author – Author’s last name and page number – (Smith 10) Article Without an Author – Shortened version of the article title in quotation marks and page number – (“Sports Injuries” 3) Book Without an Author – Shortened version of the book title in italics and page number – (Sports Medicine 45)

6. Web Sources Online article with an author – Author’s last name – (Smith) Online article without an author – Shortened version of the article title in quotes – (“Sports Injuries”) Two articles with the same title, no authors – Shortened version of article title in quotes and publisher – (“Social Security” US Department of Treasury) – (“Social Security” Social Security Administration)

7. Works Cited Page You must turn in a Works Cited with your outline (10% of the Outline grade) Follow the guidelines on pages 34-37 for formatting each source Follow the guidelines on page 24 for formatting the Works Cited page