Citing Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism continued
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Citing Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism
In addition to giving credit to text creators in your writing when you refer to their exact words and/or their ideas, you must also include a bibliography. A bibliography is an alphabetical list of sources at the end of a piece of writing, or any type of project that incorporates the words or ideas of others. These sources can vary—from a book or magazine, to a song, a You Tube video, a website, or even a casual interview with someone. A bibliography helps your reader locate the sources you used.
Remember: If the words or ideas are not your own, give credit to the source.
Creating a bibliography is not difficult. You just need to find a helpful source to show you how to do it.
On the last few slides of the Finding and Citing Good Online Information Tutorial, you can find simple tips on creating a bibliography and an example of a bibliography.
You can also use a bibliography creation site to help you, such as www.bibme.org or http://www.easybib.com. They are quick and easy to use.
For the next assignment in this course, you will be creating an annotated bibliography. An annotated bibliography is a lot like a regular bibliography. It’s a list of sources in alphabetical order. It is different from a regular bibliography because it includes a paragraph summary of each source and the reasons why each source was chosen (or an evaluation of the source’s strengths and weaknesses).
On the last few slides of the Finding and Citing Good Online Information Tutorial, you can find simple tips on creating a bibliography and an example of a bibliography.
You can also use a bibliography creation site to help you, such as www.bibme.org or http://www.easybib.com. They are quick and easy to use.
For the next assignment in this course, you will be creating an annotated bibliography. An annotated bibliography is a lot like a regular bibliography. It’s a list of sources in alphabetical order. It is different from a regular bibliography because it includes a paragraph summary of each source and the reasons why each source was chosen (or an evaluation of the source’s strengths and weaknesses).
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