PROPER FORMAT FOR IN-TEXT CITATIONS

WITHOUT IN-TEXT CITATIONS, MY PAPER IS PLAGIARIZED AND I WILL GET A ZERO ON THE ASSIGNMENT.

All rules for citing are on a paragraph-by-paragraph basis. Every time I start a new paragraph, the rules start over.

I have to know where my paper is going. I need to use my cards and the outline to know what piece of information comes next.

Rule #1

If everything in the paragraph comes from the same source/same page, I’ll have one cite at the end of the paragraph.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~. ~~~~~~~~~~~. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Smith 15).

~~~~~~~~~~~~~. ~~~~~~~~~~~. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~. ~~~~~~~~~~~ (Smith 23).

Rule #2

Once I’ve established a source, if all that changes is the page number, all I cite is the page number.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Smith 15).~~~~~~~~~~~~. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ (18). ~~~~~~~.~~~~~~~~~ (10).

Rule #3

Once I’ve established a source, if another source intervenes, I must re-establish the first source.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~. ~~~~~~~ (Smith 15). ~~~~~~~~. ~~~~~~ (23). ~~~~~~~~ (Jones 108). ~~~~~~~~~ (152). ~~~~~~~~ (Smith 5).

Rule #4

I may have two sources in a single citation if necessary. I’ll join them with a semicolon.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~, and ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Smith 15; Jones 118).

I may have two pages from the same source in a single citation. I’ll join them with a comma.

~~~~~~~~~~~~, and ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Smith 5, 8).

Rule #5

Print sources MUST include the page number in the cite.

(Smith 15).

Electronic sources will NOT have a page number in the cite.

(Adams).

Rule #6

If I direct quote, I’ll close the quotation marks before the cite.

“~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~” (Smith 15).

If I paraphrase, I’ll just put the cite at the end of the sentence – before the period.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Smith 15).

And FinallyIt doesn’t matter if I quote or paraphrase –

I MUST cite the source of the information!!!

Why?

Because papers without cites are PLAGIARIZED!!!