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Give credit to your sources
Give credit to your sources
Need to Document:
When you are using or referring to somebody else’s words or ideas from a magazine, book, newspaper, song, TV program, movie, web page, computer program, letter, advertisement, or any other medium
When you use information gained through interviewing another person
When you copy exact words or a unique phrase from any source
When you reprint any diagrams, illustrations, charts, or pictures
When you use ideas that others have given you in conversations or through email, including parents, tutors, etc.
No Need to Document:
When you are writing your own experiences, your own observations, your own insights, your own thoughts, or your own conclusions about a subject
When you are using “common knowledge” – folklore, common sense observations, shared information within your field of study or cultural group (e.g. Mars is known as the Red Planet.)
When you are compiling generally accepted facts that can easily be found in a dictionary or encyclopedia (e.g. George Washington was born February 22, 1732.)
When you are writing up your own experimental results
(from Purdue University Online Writing Lab)
Using a source wisely
Using a source wisely
These pages are from a book titled, How Hamilton Made it to the Stage by Gerry Boehme in our Reedy Creek Library.
These pages are from a book titled, How Hamilton Made it to the Stage by Gerry Boehme in our Reedy Creek Library.
At the end of the paper or article, I'll give credit to my source by listing the author and title in this citation format:
At the end of the paper or article, I'll give credit to my source by listing the author and title in this citation format:
Boehme, Gerry. How Hamilton Made it to the Stage. New York : Cavendish Square, 2018 .
Author. Title. City, Publisher: Date Published. <URL if available.>
When I read a paragraph, I can get ideas for sharing, but I don't copy it, I should close the book and write it in my own words.
When I read a paragraph, I can get ideas for sharing, but I don't copy it, I should close the book and write it in my own words.
A summary of this page in my own words might say....
A summary of this page in my own words might say....
Ten years ago, hardly anyone thought about Alexander Hamilton, other than remembering that he was the guy who died in a duel, and he was on the $10 bill. Now, after Lin Manuel Miranda's amazing broadway musical, we have been wowed by hip-hop songs, teaching us Hamilton's amazing story of growth from an orphan on an island to a genius in the building of America.
If I want to use this quote, I need to remember it isn't by Boehme, it is a quote by Lin Manuel Miranda, as written in the New York Times. I'll also put quotation marks around it. See how the book does it? I could say in my paper...
If I want to use this quote, I need to remember it isn't by Boehme, it is a quote by Lin Manuel Miranda, as written in the New York Times. I'll also put quotation marks around it. See how the book does it? I could say in my paper...
One of the most noticeable things about Hamilton is that the characters aren't old white guys with wigs. In the New York Times, Miranda said, "Our goal was: this is a story about America then, told by America now."
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is using passages, materials, words, ideas, and/or thoughts of someone or something else and representing them as one's own original work without properly crediting the source.
Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to:
copying text, images, charts, or other materials from digital or print sources without proper citation;
intentional misrepresentation of work as your own by paraphrasing of items from digital or print sources without proper citation;
using translation tools or resources to translate sentences or passages without permission;
using a thesis, hypothesis, or idea obtained from another source without proper citation.
Are you confused about when to give credit to your source? If you’re still unsure, it is always better to cite the work. See your teacher or librarian for specific situations or if you have questions.
(from Wake County Board of Education Policy Manual Policy 4310)
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