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Citing Your Sources

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About the Information Age

Plagiarism
“Using someone else’s words or ideas without properly giving credit is plagiarism.”
Source: “Plagiarism & You”, Penn State University Libraries, Oct 18, 2007
http://www.libraries.psu.edu/instruction/infolit/andyou/mod9/plagiarism.htm

Citing Your Sources
Core elements of a citation:

  • Author

  • Title

  • Source

  • Date

  • Extra: Web URL and date of access

List of common citation styles

Library Resources we talked about in class

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Search The CAT (library catalog) – For books and other materials on your topic.

ProQuest – Provides access to articles from over 5,000 publications, including periodicals, newspapers and popular magazines. Many articles are available in full text.

LexisNexis Academic – A full-text database containing newspaper and magazine articles, news transcripts, and legal materials.

CQ Researcher – A weekly publication that covers hot issues and events and gives you references to other useful resources.

Gale Virtual Reference Library - A collection of over 400 reference resources covering all subjects. Great for getting started in any subject area!

Penn State Pulse Surveys - 12 years of studies on Penn State issues

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