Name: _______________________________________

Date: _____________ Plagiarism & Citations Guided Notes

Think-Pair-Share: It is illegal to use another persons ideas. However, isnt all research using others ideas? How is that okay?

Plagiarism is:

Some Examples of Plagiarism Are:

Bibliographies:

We use a format called ________ to cite correctly.

We have a tool called ______________ to help us with our

citations.
It is important to copy the citations EXACTLY as they are

generated, including all punctuation.

We list all of our citations together in a
_________________________ that goes at the end of any

To avoid plagiarism, we CITE our sources. To CITE a source

means to:

Citation Examples:
Book Citation:
Website Citation:
Database Citation:

research project.

Independent Citations Practice

Directions: Imagine that you are doing a research project on the major characteristics about one of the United States of
America. The state you have been assigned is _________________.
Book Citation
1. Go to the Library Website Research Tab EasyBib Citations Generator.
2. Type in the title of your book and find it in the list. Then, copy down the citation in the space below.
Book Citation:

Website Citation
1. Open a new internet window and type the name of your state into Google.
2. Choose a website about your state. Copy the URL and put it in the EasyBib tab. Then write the website citation below.
Website Citation:

Database Citation
1. Click on the WorldBook link on the library research page.
2. Type the name of your state into the search bar. Select an article on your state and then copy the citations information
below. Remember: This information is at the BOTTOM of the database.
Database Citation: