Research Preparation Project: Plagiarism, Citing Sources

You’re almost there! Now that you’ve evaluated your sources and have chosen the ones that you want to include in your Research Preparation Project Introduction, the last step in the research process is to properly give credit to the ideas or words that you’ve borrowed. Please review the tutorials below and complete the activity to ensure that you cite your sources correctly and avoid plagiarism. Readings: • Cooperative Library Instruction Project. (2012, August 8). Why you need to cite sources tutorial [Streaming video]. Retrieved from https://www(dot)youtube(dot)com/watch?v=1IGMj0GmYYo • Excelsior College OWL. (n.d.) Avoiding plagiarism tutorial. Retrieved from http://owl(dot)excelsior(dot)edu/plagiarism/ (Click on “Play” to get started. Then click on “next” on the bottom right-hand side to progress through the tutorial.) By the end of this activity you will be able to: • Identify the many types of plagiarism and understand that it is more than just turning another’s paper in as your own. Plagiarizing can also be failing to cite a source correctly. • Document all pertinent citation information correctly for two sources. Activity: You are going to practice creating citations for the two sources that you will cite in your Research Preparation Project Introduction in module 8. 1. There are many different citation formatting styles. Two popular ones that you may have heard of are APA and MLA. Typically, the style that you use depends on the discipline that you are writing for. (In the publishing world, if you want to write an article in a professional journal, be sure to check the author guidelines. They will note which style needs to be used, and some journals even have their own unique style!) The preferred citation style for Excelsior College is APA, so we are going to use APA formatting style for this class. Are you new to APA style or want a refresher? Check out the Basics of APA Style tutorial: http://flash1r(dot)apa(dot)org/apastyle/basics/index.htm