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Plagiarism and Citing Sources

Plagiarizing another person’s work can result in a failing grade on the assignment, and in some cases, expulsion. If you plagiarize in your career you could be fired or even sued.

When you plagiarize, you are giving people a reason not to trust you.

You can prevent plagiarism by familiarizing yourself with how to do proper MLA citations. You will use citations in two main ways:

1.In-Text Citations 2.Citing Sources You will create citations in MLA format. How to do an in-text citation with an author: Type your quote with quotation marks, but do not insert the period at the end:

“First of all, let me get something straight: This is a JOURNAL, not a diary. I know what is says on the cover, but when Mom went out to buy this thing I SPECIFICALLY told her to get one that didn’t say ‘diary’ on it” Insert Parentheses after the quote: In the parentheses put the author’s last name only (Kinney ) Then put the page number (Kinney 1) Put the period after the parentheses (Kinney 1).

Your final product should look like this: “First of all, let me get something straight: This is a JOURNAL, not a diary. I know what is says on the cover, but when Mom went out to buy this thing I SPECIFICALLY told her to get one that didn’t say ‘diary’ on it” (Kinney 1). Let’s do an in-text citation with no author, from a website: Type your quote, again with quotation marks and no period: “The hazards of growing up before you're ready are uniquely revealed through words and drawings as Greg records them in his diary” Insert parentheses Put the title of the website inside quotation marks: (“Scholastic.com”) You will not have page numbers because it is a website Put the period after the parentheses: (“Scholastic.com”). Final product: “The hazards of growing up before you're ready are uniquely revealed through words and drawings as Greg records them in his diary” (“Scholastic.com”).

Rules for a Works Cited Page: ✓ Start a new page ✓ Label it Works Cited and center it on the page ✓ Double space your citations, but do not skip lines ✓ Indent the second line by five spaces. ✓ Entries should be in alphabetical order ✓ List the medium of publication (print, web)

Russell, T., Brizee, A., Angeli, E., & Keck, R. (2010, July 13). MLA works cited page: Basic format. Retrieved from http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/5/ Citing Sources for a Works Cited page: One Author Last name, First name. Title of the Work. Edition. Volume. Publishing City, State: Publishing Company, YEAR. Page #. Print. One or More Authors Last name, First name, and First Name Last Name. Title of the Work. Edition. Volume. Publishing City, State: Publishing Company, YEAR. Page Website Last, First. "Title of Web Page." Title of the Web Site. Publishing Organization, Date Published dd mm yyyy. Web. 28 Jul 2011. . Website without Author "Title of Web Page." Title of the Web Site. Publishing Organization, Date Published dd mm yyyy. Web. 28 Jul 2011. .
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Example Works Cited page:

Works Cited

"Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Jeff Kinney." Scholastic.com. Scholastic Inc., 2011. Web. 28 Jul 2011.

Fraser, Lindsey. Conversations with J.K. Rowling. 1st Edition. New York, NY: Scholastic Books, 2001. 96. Print.

"Jo Rowling Interview on Oprah." Leaky Video Galleries. Web. 26 Jul 2011. .

Rowling, J.K. "Everything you might want to know." J.K. Rowling Official Site. J.K. Rowling, n.d. Web. 26 Jul 2011. .

Test yourself on citations by doing the following exercises:

Read each passage and decide whether it uses citations correctly. If it does not, how would you fix it so that it is cited correctly?
 * 1) Yesterday, I went shopping and bought all of my back to school clothes at the mall. Then we went to lunch at Buffalo Wild Wings, and had dessert at Dairy Queen.
 * 2) Albert Einstein, my favorite person, says that imagination is more important than knowledge.
 * 3) I found out yesterday that 64% of teenage boys think that Justin Bieber is not a good singer.
 * 4) The Civil War started in 1861 and ended in 1865.