CITING SOURCES

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CITING SOURCES

• giving credit where credit is due

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Why do we cite sources?

• To give credit to an author whose words or ideas
  we are borrowing.
• To provide a path for further research.

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In-text citations

• YOU MUST GIVE CREDIT IF YOU HAVE
• BORROWED A QUOTE OR IDEA FROM
• ANOTHER, OR IF YOU HAVE PARAPHRASED
• SOMEONE ELSES WORK.
• PARAPHRASE changed the words, but the idea
  remains the same- also known as thesaurisizing
  or using a thesaurus to change the words

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In-text citations

• (also known as parenthetical documentation)
• In other words- in parentheses.
• Your in-text citations work with your
  bibliography (works cited) page to identify where
  any quotes or ideas borrowed from another author
  came from.
• References in the text MUST clearly point to
  specific sources
• in the list of works cited.
• - MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers,
  6th ed.

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Works Cited page

• Halio, Jay L., "Elizabethan Age." Grolier
  Multimedia Encyclopedia. Scholastic
• Library Publishing, 2006. HF-L High School. 1
  Apr 2006 lthttp//gme.grolier.comgt.
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• Life in Elizabethan England. Summer 2005. 31 Mar
  2006 lthttp//renaissance.dm
• .net/compendiumgt.
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• Pressley, J. M. "An Encapsulated Biography."
  Shakespeare Resource Center,
• February 10, 2005. 3 Mar 2006 lthttp//www.bardweb
  .net/man.htmlgt.
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• Shakespeare, William. Romeo and Juliet. New York
  Scholastic, Inc., 1969.
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• Thomas, Heather. The Life in Times of Queen
  Elizabeth I. 23 Mar 2006. 1 Apr
• 2006 ltwww.elizabethi.orggt.

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In-text citations

• example
• When Mercutio is wounded, he screams A plague
  on both your houses! referring to both the
  Capulets and the Montagues (Shakespeare 70).
• The parenthetical notation (Shakespeare 70)
  identifies where the quote came from and refers
  to your bibliography page for further publication
  information.

Bibliography Shakespeare, William. Romeo and
Juliet. New York Scholastic, Inc., 1969.
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In-text citations

• If the authors name is mentioned in the text,
  only page numbers need be included in the
  parentheses.
• example
• In Shakespeares Romeo Juliet when Mercutio is
  wounded, he screams A plague on both your
  houses! referring to both the Capulets and the
  Montagues (70).
• NOTE The in-text citation should come before the
  punctuation.

Bibliography Shakespeare, William. Romeo and
Juliet. New York Scholastic, Inc., 1969.
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In-text citations

• The in-text citation should be placed at a
  natural pause in writing such as the end of the
  sentence or paragraph, but near to the documented
  material.
• example
• When Mercutio is wounded, he screams A plague on
  both your houses! referring to both the Capulets
  and the Montagues (Shakespeare 70).
• NOT
• When Mercutio is wounded, he screams A Plague on
  both your houses! (Shakespeare 70) referring to
  both the Capulets and the Montagues.

Bibliography Shakespeare, William. Romeo and
Juliet. New York Scholastic, Inc., 1969.
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In-text citations

• If two works by the same author are listed in the
  works cited, the authors last, title, and page
  number should be included. The title can be
  written in a shortened version as long as it can
  be associated to its listing in the bibliography.
• example
• (Shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew, 28-30)

• Bibliography
• Shakespeare, William. Romeo and Juliet. New York
  Scholastic, Inc., 1969.
• Shakespeare, William. Taming of the Shrew. New
  York Bantam, 1980.

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In-text citations

• If the author is unknown the in-text citation
  should include the title.
• example
• (Life in Elizabethan England ) or (article
  title 23-25)
• NOTE web sites will not have page numbers

Bibliography Life in Elizabethan England. Summer
2005. 31 Mar 2006 lthttp//renaissance.dm .net/com
pendiumgt.