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ResourcesBooks
Index, Table of Contents, ISBNEncyclopedias
Section headings, authorMagazines/Newspapers
Online vs. Print (ncwiseowl.org, sirs.com)Websites
Good? Bad?Five W’s of the World Wide Web
Works CitedTo acknowledge our sources (show where we
found the information)
To give our readers information to identify and consult our sources
To make sure our information is accurate
To show academic honesty
How to Cite Sources Book:
Author’s last name, author’s first name. Title of the book. Place of publication : Publisher, date. Print
Weatherford, Carole. Birmingham, 1963. Honesdale, Pennsylvania: Wordsong, 2007. Print
Encyclopedia: Author’s last name, author’s first name. “Title of the article.” Title
of the encyclopedia, edition (year). Print Cazorla-Sanchez, Antonio. “Spain.” Worldbook, 2011.
Article: Author Last Name, First Name. “Article Title,” Magazine. Date:
pages. Print Ferguson, Niall. “Europe’s Disaster is Headed our Way,”
Newsweek. 21 November, 2011: p. 16. Print Website
Author’s last name, author’s first name. Title or description of page. Date published or updated. Name of institutions or organization. Date you accessed the page. Web.
New Hampshire Public Television. Taiga. Nature Works. 2011. Accessed November 18, 2011. Web.
How to create works cited online
http://www.easybib.com/
http://www.bibme.org/
http://citationmachine.net/index2.php
Things to remember for note-takingNotes can be taken on index cards or
notebook paperIn the top right hand corner, put the
number of the source card Include page numbers while taking your
notes if the source is a book, newspaper, or magazine.
Tips for note takingMost of your notes should be summaries or
paraphrasing, avoid direct quotes.Make sure that summaries and paraphrases
accurately express the ideas in your sources.Be accurate. Make sure to copy direct
quotations word for word.Double check statistics and facts for accuracy.Distinguish between fact and opinion by labeling
opinions.When you are paraphrasing write the
information without looking at the original text, so you rely on your memory.
Quoting VS. ParaphrasingDirect Quote
“Ethiopia is one of the most mountainous countries in Africa. It contains two vast highland regions separated by the Great Rift Valley, a vast low-lying area that divides the country roughly in half.”
Paraphrased notes
Geography: Many mountainsTwo Mountain areas
separated by Great Rift Valley
GR Valley cuts through the middle of the county
How to Cite Within Your PaperAll information that is not your own work must be
cited. This includes anything that is a:
Direct QuoteParaphraseSummary
A good rule of thumb: If you didn’t know it before you began your research, it must be cited.
After each sentence or paragraph that is from one of your sources you include the author’s name and page number in parenthesis.
In-text Citation ExamplesDirect Quote:
“Ethiopia is one of the most mountainous countries in Africa. It contains two vast highland regions separated by the Great Rift Valley, a vast low-lying area that divides the country roughly in half” (Gish, 7).
Paraphrasing: Mountains make up the majority of the terrain in
Ethiopia. Other geographic features include the large Great Rift Valley which cuts through the middle of the country (Gish, 7).
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