TSEM 102:

Plagiarism and

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Agenda

Class discussion

APA citation style

APA worksheet

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• Plagiarism can come in many different forms. What

is your experience with plagiarism?

• You are writing an annotated bibliography for this

class. What are some of the benefits of the

annotated bibliography assignment?

Pre-class citation

Cite this article: http://bit.ly/RYQ2Nz

Kinlaw, C.R., Dunlap, L.L., & D’Angelo, J.A.

(2012). Relations between faculty use of

online academic resources and student

class attendance. Computers &

Education, 59(2), 167-172.

doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2011.12.028

APA Style

Citations

APA Style

References

Style Manuals

Different disciplines use different

style manuals

Social Sciences = American

Psychological Association (APA)

Humanities = MLA Handbook for

Writers of Research Papers (MLA)

The point is…

Acknowledge where you found the

information

Briefly identify the source

Allows others to find additional

information

What needs to be cited? Books

Web Pages

Magazine articles

Graphics

VHS,DVD, audio, etc.

Government reports

Statistics

Encyclopedia articles

Any source of information!

What needs to be cited?

Direct quotes

Ideas borrowed

Paraphrased material

In-text Citation needs:

Direct Quote

All authors’ last names

Year of publication

Page number

Paraphrase

All authors’ last names

Year of publication

Direct Quote: In-text citation

As researchers Yanovski and Yanovski (2002) have explained, obesity was once considered “either a moral failing or evidence of underlying psychopathology” (p. 592).

OR

A relationship is defined as “the interdependence between two or more people” (Coombs, 2001, p.106).

Direct Quote: In-text citation

Longer than 40 words?

Indented five spaces from left margin in

block format

Usually it is better to paraphrase

The wrong way to paraphrase:

Failure to Cite Source

Original

“They desire, for example, virtue and the absence of vice, no less really than pleasure and the absence of pain.”

Source: Mill, John Stuart. “Utilitarianism.” On Liberty and Other Essays. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. Quote is from page 169.

Paraphrase

People want

morality just as much

as they want

happiness.

The wrong way to paraphrase:

Lack of Significant Rewording Original

“To the young American architects who made the pilgrimage, the most dazzling figure of all was Walter Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus School.”

Source: Wolfe, Tom. From Bauhaus to Our House. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1981. Quote is from page 10.

Paraphrase

To young American

architects who went

to Germany, the

most dazzling figure

was Walter Gropius,

founder of the

Bauhaus School

(Wolfe, 1981).

In-text Citations More than one author

Two authors

Greenfield and Savage (1990)

(Greenfield & Savage, 1990, p. 567)

Three to five authors

You must first identify all of the authors either in the signal phrase or the

first citation.

Terrace, Petitto, Sanders, and Bever (1979) believed…

(Terrace, Petitto, Sanders, & Bever, 1979)

After you have identified all, you may use “et al.”

Terrace et al. (1979) stated……

(Terrace et al., 1979)

Six or more authors

Use first authors last name and then et al.

In-text Citations

Organization as author

Government or other organization

Use organization name as author in signal phrase

Use organization in parenthetical citation

The National Institute of Mental Health (2001)…

(National Institute of Mental Health, 2001)

Special cases

If you have more than one author with

the same last name, use the first initial in

the citation

(Smith, A., 2002)

If you have more than one work in the

same year by the same author, use letters

a, b, c, etc. to indicate correct source

(Entman, 2004a)

References The in-text citation must match up with the references

entry

Use the heading “References” at the top of a new page

List entries alphabetically Author’s last name (if no author, then by organization

name or title)

Double space each entry

No extra spaces between entries

If over one line, entry should have a hanging indent

References – Books Create a reference for this book

Book authors or editors: Last name

First letter of first name and middle initial

Date of publication:

Book Title:

Publication information: City and state

Publisher

References – Books Create a reference for this book

Book authors or editors: Grant, J.

Date of publication: (1994).

Book Title: I hate school!: Some common sense answers for educators & parents who want to know why & what to do about it

Publication information: Rosemont, NJ: Modern Learning Press.

Book Example Grant, S. (1994). I hate school!: Some common sense

answers for educators & parents who want to

know why & what to do about it. Rosemont, NJ:

Modern Learning Press.

Notes:

1. Periods must follow first letter of author’s name and middle initial,

publication date, book title, and publisher.

2. Book title is always in italics.

3. Only capitalize the first letter of book title, any letter following a colon (:),

and proper nouns.

References – Journals Create a reference for this journal article

Article author:

Last name First letter of first name and middle initial

Date of publication:

Article title:

Periodical title:

Publication information: Volume number and issue number (if available) Page numbers

Digital Object Identifier number:

References – Journals Create a reference for this journal article

Article author: Peleg, R., & Baram-Tsabari, A.

Date of publication: (2011).

Article title: Atom surprise: Using theatre in primary science education.

Periodical title: Journal of Science Education & Technology,

Publication information: 20(5), 508-524.

Digital Object Identifier number: doi:10.1007/s10956-011-9299-yx

Journal Example Peleg, R., & Baram-Tsabari, A. (2011). Atom surprise: Using theatre

in primary science education. Journal of Science Education

& Technology, 20(5), 508-524. doi:10.1007/s10956-011-9299-y

Notes:

1. Periods must follow first letter of author’s first and middle initial, publication

date, article title, and publication information.

2. A comma will follow the author’s last name, first initial (if more than one

author), journal title and volume number.

3. Article title is never italicized – always written normal.

4. Always italicize: journal title, volume number, and the commas before and

after volume number. Journal title follows capitol case lettering.

5. Only capitalize the first letter of article title, any letter following a colon (:),

and proper nouns.

6. Place a space between author first name and middle initial

Journal Articles Extra Info

Articles retrieved from a database such as

EBSCO or PsycINFO do not need to

include database information

Articles not including a doi number should

contain the journal URL after the page

numbers such as

Retrieved from http://js.sagamorepub.com/pe

Common Knowledge

Quandary

Some examples:

Waste not, want not.

George Washington was the first president

of the US

The earth is round

When in doubt, cite it.

Library Resources for APA

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