Chapter 8. Integrated Information: Using Your Sources

Chapter Themes

• Quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing sources
  • Using brackets and ellipses
• Plagiarism
• Citation and styles

Links to Websites Mentioned in the Chapter

• “Plagiarism: A Student’s Guide to Recognizing It and Avoiding It,” Valdosta State University
  http://www.valdosta.edu/~cbarnbau/personal/teaching_MISC/plagiarism
  This guide lists the types of plagiarism and gives examples of each.
• “Student’s Guide to Preventing and Avoiding Plagiarism,” Long Island University
  http://www2.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/exhibits/plagstudent.htm
  This guide includes tips on preventing plagiarism.
• Turnitin.com
  http://turnitin.com/static/index.html
  This antiplagiarism tool is a subscription service used at some schools. Check to see if your college uses it.

• The Chicago Manual of Style (16th ed., 2010)
  http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html
  This site provides an abridged version of the traditional print source.
• A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, by Kate Turabian (7th ed., 2007)
  http://www.press.uchicago.edu/presssite/metadata.epl?mode=synopsis&bookkey=216864
  This site provides information about the book from the publisher.
• MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (7th ed., 2009)
  http://www.mla.org/style
  This site provides an abridged version of its print counterpart.
• Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed., 2009)
  http://www.apastyle.org/index.aspx
  The site provides information on this publication and links to quick guides.
• Scientific Style and Format: The CSE [Council of Science Editors] Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers (7th ed., 2006)
  http://www.resourcenter.net/Scripts/4Disapi07.dll/4DCGI/store/item.html?Action=StoreItem&Item=13693&LoginPref=1
  This site provides information on the publication.

• “Citation Guide—Subject-Specific Citation Guides,” University of Arizona Libraries
  http://library.arizona.edu/search/reference/citation-subj.html
  This site arranges many citation styles by the subject that uses them. The style formats include links to web guides that help with their use or information on books that explain them.
• “Citation Style for Research Papers,” Long Island University
  http://www2.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citation.htm
  This site offers help with the major styles—MLA, APA, Chicago, Turabian, and AMA.
• “Citation Style Guides,” Texas A&M University Libraries
  http://library.tamu.edu/help/help-yourself/help/help-yourself/citing-sources/citation-styles#ama-american-medical-association
  This site provides links to guides that can help you use the major style formats.
• “Citing References in Your Paper,” The Writing Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison
  http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/Documentation.html
  This guide offers help with the MLA, APA, Chicago, Turabian, CBE, and the American Political Science Association formats.
• “Citing Sources,” Duke University Libraries
  http://library.duke.edu/research/citing
  This guide is helpful for the MLA and APA style formats.
• “Research and Citation Resources”
  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2
  Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab (OWL) has been mentioned before in the book as a great resource for research. Here there is help in using the MLA, APA, and Chicago formats.
• “Research and Documentation Online”
  http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/home.html
  This document, by renowned style handbook author Diana Hacker, covers major style formats arranged by subject approach.

• Citation Machine (Son of Citation Machine)
  http://citationmachine.net
  This tool can help you organize the citation information for your resources and put them into MLA, APA, Turabian, and Chicago formats for you.
• EasyBib
  http://www.easybib.com
  Use the free version of EasyBib for help with the MLA style format.
• EndNote
  This is a subscription tool. Ask if your library offers it.
• Refworks
  This is a subscription tool. Ask if your library offers it.

Supplementary Materials

• Guide—“How to Quote a Source,” The Writing Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison
  http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/QPA_quoting.html
  The guide helps with formatting and punctuation.
• Guide—“Quotations,” The Writing Center, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill
  http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/quotations.html
  This guide discusses when to quote, how much to quote, ellipses, and brackets.

• Guide—“Signal Phrases,” Academic Resources Center, St. Joseph College, College of the Holy Cross
  http://college.holycross.edu/academics/writers_workshop/pdfs/signal_phrases.pdf
  This guide provides a list of verbs to use as signal phrases.
• Guide—“Signal Phrases,” Claude J. Clark Learning Center, Feinberg Library, Plattsburgh, State University of New York
  http://www.plattsburgh.edu/files/2/files/Signal%20Phrases.pdf
  This guide offers examples and a list of signal phrase verbs.

• Guide—“Ellipses and Brackets,” Department of History and American Studies, Mary Washington College
  http://cas.umw.edu/historyamericanstudies/history-department-resources/quotations-footnotes-and-endnotes/ellipses-and-brackets (updated 3/6/12)
  This guide helps define the grammatical use of brackets and ellipses and also mentions how to use them in quotations.

• Guide—“How to Paraphrase a Source,” The Writing Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison
  http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/QPA_paraphrase2.html
  See also the linked material on “Successful and Unsuccessful Paraphrases” at http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/QPA_paraphrase.html.
  
• Guide—“Paraphrase: Write It In Your Own Words,” Purdue Online Writing Center
  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/owlprint/619
  This guide helps students learn how to paraphrase effectively.
• Tutorial—“Paraphrasing,” Dalhousie University Library
  http://infolit.library.dal.ca/tutorials/Paraphrasing/introduction_welcome.html
  This tutorial will help clarify how to paraphrase successfully.

• Guide—“Summarizing, Paraphrasing, and Quoting,” Carol Rohrbach, School District of Springfield Township, Erdenheim, PA
  http://wa.westfordk12.us/pages/FOV1-000437F6/sumquot.pdf
  

• Guide—“How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography,” Olin and Uris Libraries–Cornell University Library
  http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/skill28.htm

• Guide—“Taking Notes from Research Reading,” University of Toronto
  http://www.writing.utoronto.ca/advice/reading-and-researching/notes-from-research

• Guide—“Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due,” Online Library Learning Center
  http://www.usg.edu/galileo/skills/unit08/index.phtml
  This guide provides an overview of the issues of citation, plagiarism, citation styles, and much more.
• Tutorial—“Acknowledging Sources,” University of Texas–Arlington Library
  http://library.uta.edu/plagiarism/index.html
  This tutorial covers citation, plagiarism, intellectual property with examples, and an interactive quiz at the end.
• Video—“Cite a Source: How and Why You Should Do It,” University Library, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
  http://www.library.illinois.edu/learn/videos/cite_source/cite_source.html
  This video explains why sources should be cited. Playing time: 2 minutes and 23 seconds.

More about Plagiarism

• Guide—“Plagiarism: Definitions, Court Cases, Articles, History”
  http://lawbrain.com/wiki/Plagiarism
  This LawBrain site includes material on some recent plagiarism legal cases.
• Tutorial—“All About Plagiarism” and Video—“Consequences of Plagiarism,” University of Texas Libraries
  http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/learningmodules/plagiarism/index.html
  This is an excellent tutorial on plagiarism, and the video reports on real cases and their consequences. Playing time: 3 minutes and 30 seconds.

• Tutorial—“Intellectual Property Law: Why Should I Care?,” UCLA Library
  http://unitproj.library.ucla.edu/col/bruinsuccess/01/01.cfm
  This tutorial explains intellectual property laws, including copyright.

• Tutorial—“Plagiarism Tutorial,” San Jose State University
  (added 3/6/12) http://tutorials.sjlibrary.org/tutorial/plagiarism/selector.htm
  This tutorial explains why plagiarism is wrong and gives examples.
  
• Tutorial—“You Quote It You Note It!,” Vaughan Memorial Library, Acadia University
  http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/plagiarism/
  This interactive tutorial will help you identify when you must cite material in your reports.