Embedded Citations

WHEN ARE CITATIONS NEEDED?

Citations are used to give credit to others for their original words and ideas. To use someone else's original work and pass it off as your own is plagiarism. Page 31 of the MMRHS Student Handbook states:

"Students at Monument Mountain are expected to do their own work and cite the work of others as appropriate. Plagiarism is the willful presentation of someone else’s previously written, published, and copyrighted material or ideas as one’s own. Such material may include work that appears in print, on-line, or in audio or video formats. Copying work from another student may be regarded as plagiarism if done without consent and if credit is not given to the original writer. The penalties for plagiarism may include a zero on the paper or project, detention, or suspension from school."

A citation is need anytime you have exactly QUOTED a source, have PARAPHRASED the work of another, or have SUMMARIZED the source into your own words. It is about giving credit to author's for both the WORDS that they wrote, but also their IDEAS that you used. This can be a bit confusing, so here is a handout that gives some more details on these three: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UkB6VK-1mQn7QUmYiHLW2kMkkA7d8iASfneOTrcyyaY/edit?usp=sharing

This is quick video tutorial that explains this concept visually:

You should also give a citation when stating statistical information or using an image.

Another point to note is that anything that is in your Works Cited page, is something that you have cited in your paper. Your Works Cited page should not be padded with items that you did not use in the writing of the paper.

HOW TO DO MLA (Modern Language Association) STYLE CITATIONS

This is the style that you will most often be asked to used.

The basics of how to do Embedded Citations are on this hand-out.

For more detailed information on MLA style embedded citations, use this guide: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/02/

FOR APA (American Psychological Association) STYLE CITATIONS:

The sciences will occasionally require this style of citation. Use this guide to help you: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/02/

USING NOODLETOOLS TO DO IN-TEXT REFERENCES:

Check out this video tutorial on how to use NoodleTools to know how to do your embedded citations.