ENG. 101 - Writing & Research - Professor Francine Walker - Fall 2021: Citations and Plagiarism

Whenever you use a citation style, you will be governed by that style in three ways:

1. The general format of the paper. This includes margins, font, page numbers, line spacing, titles, headings, etc. (See Example Papers in MLA format here.)
    
2. The bibliography. The bibliography is the cumulative list of all sources used in your research. In MLA, this is called the Works Cited list.
    
3. Parenthetical (or In-Text) references. Citing sources within the body of your paper let's your reader know you are incorporating someone else's words/research/ideas.

• MLA 8 In-Text Examples

Link to Guide here.

Link to NoodleTool Guide

NoodleTools is a web-based service that guides you throughout the research process: citation, in-text citation, notetaking, outlining.

What can I do with it?

With a NoodleTools account, you can do the following:

1. Create citations for any source you are using in your research: websites, database articles, ebooks, print books, newspaper and magazine articles, YouTube videos, blog posts, and more.
2. Search for a book citation using the ISBN.
3. Annotate citations and print out an Annotated Bibliography.
4. Find help formatting an in-text, in-line, or parenthetical citation.
5. Generate Works Cited and/or References and/or Works Consulted pages to print or export.
6. Receive hints about a source's quality and reliability.
7. Create a group project where all group members add citations, create notes, etc.

Citefast

When you write a research paper, you use information and facts from a variety of resources to support your own ideas to develop new ones. You cite these sources for the following reasons:

To Give Credit
Giving credit to the original source acknowledges experts and scholars for their contribution. In some fields, citations can lead to career advancement.

To Establish Credibility
Citations build credibility because they demonstrate how much you have read and learned, including sometimes from competing and multiple viewpoints. It will be clear to your reader that your ideas are well supported. 

To Help the Reader
Citations can guide your readers to more information about your topic. They can also offer in that they suggest clues to the larger conversation in which your work is positioned. 

To Participate in the Conversation
Your work contributes to ongoing intellectual conversations. 

Plagiarism

The intentional or unintentional use of someone's work without providing an attribution (citation). Types of work can be text, audio, video, and images.