Using Information
Once you have established that your sources are good sources, you will start to take notes on the sources. You will use your sources in different ways in your project. You may use a block quote, quote, or paraphrase. No matter how you use your sources you must give credit to where you got them from. If you don't give credit, you are committing plagiarism. You can use the Citation Guides page to help you give your sources credit.
Avoid Plagiarism! Plagiarism, believe it
or not, comes from a Latin verb
that means,
“to kidnap.” If you plagiarize you’re kidnapping
and stealing others’ hard work and intellectual property.
It is academic and public dishonesty. You wouldn’t want
someone
stealing your hard work, intentionally or even
unintentionally,
would you? Of course not. Taken from Plagiarism Definition. | Using Sources:
Paraphrase: To paraphrase is to take someone elses work and put it into your own words. The length of what you write should be the length of what you paraphrase. You usually paraphrase a paragraph or less. Summarize: Summarizing is just like paraphrasing, but instead of being about the same length as your source your summary is usually much shorter than your source. You usually summarize a few pages into one paragraph. Quote: Quoting is taking material straight from the source. When using a quote you will put your material in quotation marks. Usually quotes are less than 2 sentences long. Block Quote: A block quote is a quote that is around a paragraph in length. These quotes are not set apart by quotation marks, but they are indented on each side so that they can easily be picked out. *For more help with these methods, please ask either me or your teacher. Always use as much of your own thoughts as possible when writing a paper.* |
