All Things Research

Knowing how to cite sources is important because

• it lets you add specific details

• it avoids plagiarism

• it makes you seem more credible

• all of these

Putting a part of your source's information in your own words is...

• plagiarism

• paraphrasing

• parachuting

• paralysis

Add a citation to this sentence:

As a wise man once said, "Oh, the thinks you can think!" _____

• (Seuss p.5).

• (Seuss.)

• (Seuss 5).

• (5).

If you paraphrase, you have to include a parenthetical citation.

• True

• False

Which piece of information goes first in MLA formatted citations?

• Title

• Author's name

• Date published

• Publisher

A parenthetical citation needs to include

• author and page number (if available)

• author and title

• URL and page number (if available)

• publisher and page number (if available)

If a source lists no author,

• you cannot use it

• make one up

• start your citation with the title

• start your citation with the date

What citation would I include for something written by Owen Martin on page 67?

• (Martin, O. 67).

• (Martin p.67).

• (Owen Martin, 67).

• (Martin 67).

Is it possible to unintentionally plagiarise?

• Yes

• No

Select all that apply.

Unintentional plagiarism could be

• trying to rewrite in your own words without citation

• paraphrasing another work without citation

• forgetting a citation

• not putting quotation marks around a quotation