Transcript Citing Your Sources

Citing Your Sources
Giving Credit to the Creator –
Protecting Against Plagiarism
Citing – C-I-T-I-N-G
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You may use a small amount of someone else’s creative
work in your project, paper, or presentation.
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However, you MUST cite the source of the information in
order to prevent plagiarism.
How do I do
that??
There are several “formats” used today.
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we will use APA formatting. It’s one of
the most commonly used ways to cite your
sources.
In every project or paper where you use
ideas that are not your own . . .
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should create a “Works Cited” page – or
bibliography.
One of the easiest ways to do this is to use an
online citation maker
*like bibme.org
At bibme.org
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You can copy/paste a URL (web) address
and get a citation for the information you
find online.
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You can type in the name of a book
you’re using for information.
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You can type in the name of a movie,
magazine article, newspaper article,
journal article . . .
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AND BIBME CAN HELP YOU CREATE YOUR
CITATION.
BIBME.ORG will build your “Works Cited”
list . . .
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. . . And then you can print it off, or copy/paste the
citations onto a Word document, PowerPoint, or Google
Doc.
You do need an email account go sign up
...
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. . . But you all have an email account through school.
Your email is through gmail. And it is:
 Your STUDENT ID @amaisd.org
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Example:
Username: [email protected]
Password: YYYYMMDD
If you want to use your school email (or
use it to sign up for something) . . .
Go to the Amarillo ISD homepage: amaisd.org
Or just Google – Amarillo ISD
Then click on “Student E-Mail.”
Then your login page will pull up.
From here, you have access to email,
Google Docs, etc.
Google Docs – like Word,
PowerPoint
But back to citing your sources using
bibme.org
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Create your account.
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Use your school email
if needed.
Create a password you
Can remember!
As soon as you sign up, it will take your
right to the site.
Now you can get started citing your sources,
creating your bibliography/works cited page.
When you find information from a site
you want to use, copy the URL address.
Highlight the URL.
Right click on your
mouse/copy (or CTRL C)
Then click on “website” on bibme.org, and
paste in your URL address. (right click/paste
or CTRL V)
Click on “Find Website.” Then “Select.”
Information will pop up about your site, and
you need to add as much as you can.
Is there a date
the information
was published?
Who is the sponsor/publisher?
Is there an author’s name?
Usually, for a credible
website, the sponsor or
publisher can be found at the
bottom of the web page.
Look for a date IF you need
information that changes
quickly – like scientific
information, news, etc.
For this site,
I’m able to
add the
sponsor, but I
see no date.
And bibme.org will start your Works
Cited page. Be sure to click on APA.
Keep adding sources – websites, books,
movies, etc. – until your have cited the
source of all information you’re using in your
project.
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Bibme.org will save all of your sources
until YOU erase them.
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Each time you come back, you will have
to login.
Again, you may copy/paste the entries
onto your project . . .
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OR you can
download
them all to
Microsoft
Word.
And your final bibliography/works
cited/reference page is ready to go!
When you get to high school or college . . .
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You might need to check the formatting against
an official APA guide.
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But for now, this is a great tool for citing your
sources!
I have not committed
plagiarism! I cited my
sources!