HOW TO CITE YOUR SOURCES

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HOW TO CITE YOUR SOURCES
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WHY DO WE HAVE TO DO THIS?

• You must give credit to the person(s) who wrote,
  filmed, drew, mapped, recorded or otherwise
  created something which you are referring to or
  using some way so that it is not assumed that you
  created it.
• To copy someones work, even another students,
  and pass it off as yours, is called PLAGIARISM.
• At the very least, it is sloppy academics not to
  include a list of references. At worst, it is
  theft.
• Plagiarism results in a zero for all parties
  involved

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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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• Title centred
• ALL CAPITALS preferred
• not underlined
• not bolded
• not colourful
• not large font

PAGE NUMBER
Just 12 point Times New Roman font
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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HOW TO CITE A BOOK
You need to know
1. All the authors names (or editor if no
author)
2. The full title (see first page inside book)
You should also include the edition
3. Where is was printed
4. Publisher (shortened no Inc.or Co. or
Sons)
5. Latest publication date
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Here is a silly example
AUTHORS Prinicpal Seymour Skinner, Ned
Flanders, and Ralph Wiggum TITLE The Simpsons
Christmas Special Simpsons Roasting on an Open
Fire EDITION Fourth Edition WHERE PUBLISHED
Los Angeles, CA PUBLISHER Itchy Scratchy
Krusty Klown Publications Inc. DATE PUBLISHED
2004
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Skinner, Seymour, Ned Flanders, and Ralph
Wiggums. The Simpsons Christmas Special
Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire. 4th ed.
Los Angeles, CA Itchy Scratchy, 2004.
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Your Textbook
Stewart Dunlop and Michael Jackson
AUTHORS
TITLE

Understanding Our Environment
EDITION
2nd ed.
CITY OF PUBLICATION
Toronto
PUBLISHER
Oxford UP
DATE
1997
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Dunlop, Stewart, and Michael Jackson.
Understanding Our Environment. 2nd ed.
Toronto Oxford UP, 1997.
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THIS IS HOW TO CITE THE INTERNET

• Begin with authors surname, then first name if
  there
• isnt one leave blank.

2. Put into quotation marks, the title of the
web PAGE. (if there is one).
3. Underline the title of the web SITE (or
major database).
4. Add the date it was posted or updated.
5. Add the name of the sponsor of the site.
6. Add the date you accessed it day, month,
2004.
7. Add the URL in angle lt gt brackets.
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THIS IS A WEB SITE I FOUND

• WEB SITE McMaster Institute of Environment
  Health
• WEB PAGE The Association between Household
  Indoor Exposure
• Respiratory Health
• AUTHOR Nathanial Dostrovsky
• DATE UPDATED Dec. 2004
• DATE VIEWED Dec. 8, 2004
• URL http//www.mcmaster.ca/mieh/research/Indoor_
  Exposure.pdf
• SPONSOR McMaster University

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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Dostrovsky, Nathanial. The Association between
Household Indoor Exposure and Respiratory Health
in Hamilton. McMaster Institute of Environment
Health. Dec. 2004. McMaster University. 8
Dec. 2004 lthttp//www.mcmaster.ca/mieh/research/
Indoor_Exposure.pdfgt.
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.Now well put it all together . . .
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Dostrovsky, Nathanial. The Association between
Household Indoor Exposure and Respiratory
Health. McMaster Institute of Environment
Health. Dec. 2004. McMaster University. 8
Dec. 2004 lthttp//www.mcmaster.ca/ mieh/research/
Indoor_Exposure.pdfgt.
Dunlop, Stewart, and Michael Jackson.
Understanding Our Environment. 2nd ed. Toronto
Oxford UP, 1997.
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  bibliography together.