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Chapter 9: Documenting Sources

  Lectured by Mr. Ham KuntheaE-mail: hamunthea!yahoo.com

 

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DOCUMENTING SOURCES

Documenting means showing whereyou got source information that's not

your own.

Documentation shows the reader what

ideas are yours and what information

and ideas you've taken from a source to

support your point of view.

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WHY DOCUMENT

By correctly documenting, you establish your

credibility as a writer and researcher.

When you don't document correctly, your

ACADEMIC INE!"I# can be called into$uestion, because it may seem as though you're

 %assing o&& others' ideas as your own.

I& you don't document, you could inadertently()A!A"I*E. (lagiarism can be caused &or

dismissal &rom college.

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WHAT TO DOCUMENT

he basic rule &or documentation is+ Document

any s%eci&ic ideas, o%inions, and &acts that are not

your own. he only thing you don't hae to

document is common nowledge.here are two categories o& common nowledge+  in&ormation that's nown to the general %ublic and

in&ormation that is agreed u%on by most %eo%le in a %ro&essional &ield

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CAN YOU DOCUMENT TOO MUCH?

$f you find yourse%f needing to document

a%most every sentence& then it means you

have not thought enough aout your topic to

deve%op your own ideas.

 ( paper shou%d not )ust e a co%%ection of

others' ideas and facts.

*ources shou%d on%y support or sustantiate

your ideas. +he ru%e of thum is that wheneveryou use information from sources you shou%d

comment on the information.

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PLAGIARISM

"emember, een though you may

hae rewritten ideas and in&ormationusing your own words in a %ara%hrase

or summary, the ideas and in&ormation

are not yours. #ou must cite yoursource.

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Why is documentation im%ortant8

$t demonstrates your reader you have doneyour homework y consu%ting e-perts on the

su)ect you do.

$t gives proper credit to those sources.

$t informs the readers aout the specific

ooks& artic%es& or e sites you used.

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MLA Style

0orma% arenthetica% Citation (merican foreign po%icy has three principa%

aims 3undestad 124.

$f the name of the author is mentioned in thete-t& the citation inc%udes on%y the page

numer

 (s eir 3undestad reports in The American "Empire" & (merican foreign po%icy

has three principa% o)ectives 124.

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APA Style

0orma% arenthetica% Citation (merican foreign po%icy has three principa%

aims 3undestad& 1!!& p. 124.

$f the name of the author is mentioned in thete-t& the citation inc%udes on%y the date of

pu%ication and page numer

 (ccording to 3undestad& Certain constanto)ectives can e found in (merican foreign

po%icy 1!!& p. 124.

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Endnotes

7ndnotes are constructed in the samemanner as footnotes. +he on%y difference is

that the endnotes are %isted in se;uence on

their own page at the end of the paper&rather than appearing at the ottom of each

page.