This document provides information on properly citing sources in academic writing. It discusses paraphrasing, directly quoting, and using in-text citations. The document also explains the differences between citing sources using MLA and APA styles, including formatting for in-text citations, bibliographies, and works cited pages. Key elements like author, title, publisher and date are also outlined for proper inclusion in citations.
This document provides information on properly citing sources in academic writing. It discusses paraphrasing, directly quoting, and using in-text citations. The document also explains the differences between citing sources using MLA and APA styles, including formatting for in-text citations, bibliographies, and works cited pages. Key elements like author, title, publisher and date are also outlined for proper inclusion in citations.
This document provides information on properly citing sources in academic writing. It discusses paraphrasing, directly quoting, and using in-text citations. The document also explains the differences between citing sources using MLA and APA styles, including formatting for in-text citations, bibliographies, and works cited pages. Key elements like author, title, publisher and date are also outlined for proper inclusion in citations.
This document provides information on properly citing sources in academic writing. It discusses paraphrasing, directly quoting, and using in-text citations. The document also explains the differences between citing sources using MLA and APA styles, including formatting for in-text citations, bibliographies, and works cited pages. Key elements like author, title, publisher and date are also outlined for proper inclusion in citations.
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ADDITIONAL
INFORMATIO N (Academic Writing) ■ Identifying sources of information is very important
■ Whenever the writer provides support and proof to
establish his ideas
■ The author may do this through:
– PARAPHRASING – DIRECTLY QUOTING THE AUTHOR – THROUGH IN-TEXT CITATION PARAPHRASING ■ Also known as indirect quotation ■ common when writing a research paper ■ involves taking a passage - either spoken or written - and rewording it ■ to deliver information in a more concise way DIRECTLY QUOTING THE AUTHOR ■ a report of the exact words of an author or speaker and is placed inside quotation marks in a written work IN-TEXT CITATION ■ a reference made within the body of text of an academic essay ■ The exact format of an in-text citation will depend on the style you need to use (MLA, APA, CHICAGO) MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION OR MLA MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION (MLA)
■ Defined as a style of writing used for
college-level writing
■ Style of documentation that is based on a
general method that may be applied to every possible source, to many different types of writing APA MLA Spacing Double-spacing Double-spacing Font/margins Times New Roman 12 Times New Roman 12 1” margins 1” margins
Direct in-text quotation (Moran, 2017, p.16) (Moran 16)
Indirect in-text quotation (Moran, 2017) According to Moran, this is a controversial case (16).
Bibliography Name References Works Cited
1.Mitchell, M. (1936). 1.Mitchell, Margaret. Gone Gone with the wind. with the Wind. The Macmillan New York: The Group, 1936. Macmillan Group. Order of citations Alphabetical for authors Alphabetical for authors and for Chronological for works works IN CITATION, THE ELEMENTS SHOULD BE LISTED IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER: ■ Author Number ■ Title of Source Publisher ■ Title of Container Publication Date ■ Other Contributors Location ■ Version TITLE OF SOURCE ■ Should follow the author’s name ■ Should be listed in italics or quotation marks – Book should be in italics – Website should be in italics – Periodical should be in quotation marks – Song or piece of music on an album should be in quotation marks TITLE OF CONTAINER ■ Usually italicized and followed by a comma, since the information that follows next describes the container For example. ■ If you want to cite a poem that is listed in a collection of poems, the individual poem is the source, while the larger collection is the container OTHER CONTRIBUTORS ■ In addition to the author, there may be other contributors to the source who should be credited, such as: – Editors – Illustrators – Translators – Etc. If their contributions are relevant to your research, or necessary to identify the source, include their names in your documentation VERSION ■ If the source is listed as an edition or version of a work, include it in your citation NUMBER ■ If a source is part of a numbered sequence, such as a multi-volume book, or journal with both volume and issue numbers, those numbers must be listed in your citation PUBLISHER ■ Produces or distributes the source to the public ■ List them in the citation if there is more than one publisher and they are all relevant to your research ■ Separated by a forward slash (/) PUBLICATION DATE ■ Same source may have been published on more than one date, such as an online version of an original source ■ When the source has more than one date, it is sufficient to use the date that is most relevant to your use of it ■ If you are discussing historical context , you should cite the full date