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Sight, Site, Cite

Wendy DeGroat, MW LibraryDecember 2010

Objectives

Citing sources Why? When? How?

Help citing sources Noodle Tools demo Other resources

(singsing_sky)

Why?

(Pirillo and Fitzpatrick)

Credit

(Weilbacher paranoia)

Findability

Credibility

(Weilbacher romeo)

Citing sources shows you can…

Evaluate sources Interpret existing knowledge Build on that knowledge Add your voice to the scholarly conversation

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omeo

)

(Borska)

When?

Give credit to others’…

Words Ideas Images Sounds Research results Data Formulae Code

(MacDonald 7-8)

(Bor

ska)

General Richmond is the capital

of Virginia Olaudah Equiano was an

abolitionist Contextual

Varies with audience and topic

If in doubt, ask teacher

You don’t need to cite

(Schwab)

How?

(Dombrowski)

Modern Language Association

Preferred style for literature & languages Emphasis on authorship and text Simpler references within paper

Two-part system Works Cited Parenthetical references (Arnold 126)

7th edition (2009) changes

Italicize titles that were previously underlined Indicate whether source was in Print or on WebFor well-known databases (e.g. JSTOR), a web

address (URL) is no longer required

Work published independently

Name, Writer’s. What S/he Wrote. Where

Published: By Whom, When. Print.

Some works may also have: Subtitle Volume number Ed. Editor(s) ed. Edition Series name (listed last)

Same work put online

Name, Writer’s. What S/he Wrote. Where

Published: By Whom, When. Title of Online

Collection in which You Found It. Web. Date

You Accessed It. <http://webaddress>.

Shorter work in an anthology

Name, Writer’s. “What S/he Wrote.” When First

Published. Title of Anthology in which You

Found It. Who Put Collection Together.

Edition. Where Published: By Whom, When.

Page numbers. Print.

Title page/verso tips

Title: SubtitleEdition followed by ed.4+ editors = First Listed, et al.Editor’s Name preceded by Ed.Publisher – omit Company,

Inc., Press, House, etc.City – cite first one listedDate – most recent year

demo

Citing your sources

Why? 1 2 3

When? 1 2

How? Try it now…

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Scarlet Letter.

1850. The Scarlet Letter: An Authoritative

Text, Essays in Criticism and Scholarship.

Ed. Seymour Gross, et al. 3rd ed. New

York: Norton, 1988. # - #. Print. Norton

Critical Edition.

(Radulescu)

As learners, information should engage us,

not passify us.

(robby-T)

Lack of interaction shows.

(Weilbacher urban cowboy)

Join the conversation.

(Sm

illie

)

Works Cited

Borska, Anna. Woman Computer Scientist/Kobieta informatyk. N.d. Flickr. N.p., 20 July 2009. Web. 10 Nov. 2009. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/aeter/ 3740994946/>.

Dombrowski, Quinn. IB English. N.d. Flickr. N.p., 31 Jan. 2009. Web. 10 Nov. 2009. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/quinnanya/3242150010/in/photostream/>.

MacDonald, Jean. “To Cite Is Right.” Ames Library. Web. 10 Nov. 2009. <www.iwu.edu/library/help/Plagiarism_Module.ppt>.Pirillo, Chris, and Brad Fitzpatrick. "The Whole Internet Truth." Cartoon. BLaugh. N.p., 13 Oct. 2006. Web. 10 Nov. 2009.

<http://blaugh.com/2006/10/13/the-whole-internet-truth/>. Radulescu, Angela. Toni Morrison (2). N.d. Flickr. N.p., 29 Feb. 2008. Web. 10 Nov. 2009.

<http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkingthedeepfield/2301126062/>. Robby-T. Nvidia's Closed-source Linux Drivers. N.d. Flickr. N.p., 9 June 2007. Web. 10 Nov. 2009.

<http://www.flickr.com/photos/robbyt/537741087/in/set-72157600517083398/>.Schwab, Avi. Common Knowledge Café. N.d. Flickr. N.p., 28 Sept. 2009. Web. 10 Nov. 2009.

<http://www.flickr.com/photos/froboy/3962684681/>. Singsing_sky. Beyond the Books. N.d. Flickr. N.p., 9 July 2008. Web. 10 Nov. 2009.

<http://www.flickr.com/photos/difei/2654453457/>. Smillie, Dana. Suhasini Haidar - India Economic Summit 2008. 16 Nov. 2008. Flickr. World Economic Forum, n.d. Web. 10 Nov.

2009. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/worldeconomicforum/3040064519/in/photostream/>. Weilbacher, Katie. paranoia. N.d. Flickr. N.p., 11 Dec. 2006. Web. 10 Nov. 2009.

<http://www.flickr.com/photos/katiew/320161805/>. Weilbacher, Katie. urban cowboy. N.d. Flickr. N.p., 5 Dec. 2006. Web. 10 Nov. 2009.

<http://www.flickr.com/photos/katiew/315397343/in/set-72157594379580665/>. Weilbacher, Katie. romeo. N.d. Flickr. N.p., 11 Aug. 2006. Web. 10 Nov. 2009.

<http://www.flickr.com/photos/katiew/212668595/in/set-72057594082125074/>. Whitis, Andrew. Give Away Post-its. N.d. Flickr. N.p., 19 Aug. 2006. Web. 10 Nov. 2009.

<http://www.flickr.com/photos/awhitis/219344805/>.

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tis)