The College of Alameda Library

The College of Alameda Library Hansen-Little - Plagiarism & Citations

Fall 2020

Amy Stewart-Deaker, Instructional Librarian

What is Plagiarism?

But I Didn’t Mean To!!!

Is This Plagiarism?

Buying/Finding a paper online and claiming that you

wrote it

Reusing a paper that you wrote for another class

without mentioning that it’s not new

Using a direct quote from a book and not crediting the book’s

author

Paraphrasing an idea from an academic

journal without citing the source

Using images or graphs from the internet without

crediting the source

Using commonly known facts without

citation

Your original thoughts and

analysis

Do You Need to Cite This?

George Washington was the first president of the United States.

George Washington was the first president of the United States.

No! This is Common Knowledge.

Do You Need to Cite This?

George Washington image uploaded by W. Kennedy on Wikimedia Commons, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/01_george_washington-1-.jpg, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0

The largest shark in the the world is the Whale Shark.

Do You Need to Cite This?

The largest shark in the the world is the Whale Shark.

Do You Need to Cite This?

Yes! This is very specific knowledge that the average person probably doesn’t know.

Whale Shark image uploaded by skeeze on Pixabay, https://pixabay.com/photos/whale-shark-swimming-ocean-sea-936691/ licensed CC

In “Little Women,” Louisa May Alcott based the character of Jo March on herself.

Do You Need to Cite This?

In “Little Women,” Louisa May Alcott based the character of Jo March on herself.

Probably! This is very specific knowledge. You might find it in a lot of sources, so dig back in time.

Do You Need to Cite This?

Charles Dickens said that it was the best of times and the worst of times.

Do You Need to Cite This?

Charles Dickens said that it was the best of times and the worst of times.

Yes! This is almost a direct quote from his novel, “A Tale of Two Cities.” Needs better paraphrasing or exact quote. Needs page number.

Do You Need to Cite This?

Online Images

Google Image SearchImages - Tools - Usage Rights

Creative Commonshttps://search.creativecommons.org/

What Will Happen if I Plagiarize?

District Policies and Procedures - Student Standards of Conduct (COA Catalog):

Fail projectFail classExpelledTranscript

Fired from employment

Sad face clip art from Google Docs

How Can I Avoid Plagiarism?

Take good notes

Annotated Citations

Learn how to Paraphrase

Allow enough time to do good work.

Always do your own work

Cite your sources!Burglar + Bag image by John Graham, https://www.flickr.com/photos/grimages/861321715, licensed CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Why Should You Care About Citations?Aside from the fact that you don’t want to plagiarize...

Fairness: Giving credit to the authors

Gives you credibility

Helping others find their work

BONUS! Great way for YOU to find useful research!

Where Do You See Citations?MLA (Modern Language Association) 8th Ed

Parenthetical (in-text) references

Direct Quote:

As the librarian often reminded us, “Don’t steal ideas or text because the consequences will be dire!” (Stewart-Deaker 72).

Paraphrasing:

Like many librarians, Stewart-Deaker stresses the importance of understanding proper citation practice (72).

End of paper citations - “Works Cited”

Stewart-Deaker, Amy. Plagiarism Sucks. Popular Publisher, 2019.

What Kind of Information Do You Need?

What kind of source? (book?)

Who wrote/published it?

When?

Does it have volumes/editions?

Specific page numbers?

Where did I find it? (online)

HELP!!!Library Handouts on MLA style

The MLA Handbook

(8th ed.)

CoA Online Library Information Literacy Tutorials (Purdue OWL)

What Kind of Information Do You Need?

HELP!!!Library Handouts on MLA style

The MLA Handbook

(8th ed.)

CoA Online Library Information Literacy Tutorials (Purdue OWL)

What kind of source? (book?)

Who wrote/published it?

When?

Does it have volumes/editions?

Specific page numbers?

Where did I find it? (online)

Online Citation Tools

Newspaper Article (Online)

1. Author’s Name (or Editor) 2. Title of Source 3. Title of Container/Website4. Publication Date5. Location/URL6. Date Accessed

Personal photos of Amy Stewart-Deaker

Newspaper Article (Online)

1. Author’s Name (or Editor) - Kashmir Hill2. Title of Source - To Play Poker in a Pandemic, Americans Flee the U.S.3. Title of Container/Website - New York Times4. Publication Date - September 1, 20205. Location/URL - https://nyti.ms/31MJCKd6. Date Accessed - September 2, 2020

Basic Reference Format for a Newspaper Article From a Website:

Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article: Subtitle." Title of Website, Date of Publication Day Month Year, Location. Accessed Day Month Year.

½” Hanging Indent

Newspaper Article (Online)

1. Author’s Name (or Editor) - Kashmir Hill2. Title of Source - To Play Poker in a Pandemic, Americans Flee the U.S.3. Title of Container/Website - New York Times4. Publication Date - September 1, 20205. Location/URL - https://nyti.ms/31MJCKd6. Date Accessed - September 2, 2020

Basic Reference Format for a Newspaper Article From a Website:

Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article: Subtitle." Title of Website, Date of Publication Day Month Year, Location. Accessed Day Month Year.

Hill, Kashmir. “To Play Poker in a Pandemic, Americans Flee the U.S.” New York Times, 1 Sept. 2020, nyti.ms/31MJCKd. Accessed 2 Sept. 2020.

In-text Format: (Hill par. 2)

½” Hanging Indent

Book:

1. Author’s Name (or Editor) - Michael Lewis2. Title of Source - Moneyball3. Title of Container4. Other Contributors5. Version6. Number7. Publisher8. Publication Date9. Location

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Personal photo of Amy Stewart-Deaker

Book:Book:

1. Author’s Name (or Editor) - Michael Lewis2. Title of Source - Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game3. Title of Container -----------4. Other Contributors-----------5. Version -----------6. Number -----------7. Publisher - W. W. Norton & Company8. Publication Date9. Location ------------

Personal photo of Amy Stewart-Deaker

Book:Book:

1. Author’s Name (or Editor) - Michael Lewis2. Title of Source - Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game3. Title of Container -----------4. Other Contributors-----------5. Version -----------6. Number -----------7. Publisher - W. W. Norton & Company8. Publication Date - 20049. Location ------------

Book:

Basic Reference Format for Book With one Author:

Author’s Last Name, First Name. Book Title: Subtitle. Publisher, Date.

½” Hanging Indent

Book:

1. Author’s Name (or Editor) - Michael Lewis2. Title of Source - Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game3. Title of Container -----------4. Other Contributors-----------5. Version -----------6. Number -----------7. Publisher - W. W. Norton & Company8. Publication Date - 20049. Location ------------

Book:

Basic Reference Format for Book With one Author:

Author’s Last Name, First Name. Book Title: Subtitle. Publisher, Date.

Lewis, Michael. Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game. W. W. Norton, 2004.

In-text Format (if quoting from page 43):(Lewis 43)

½” Hanging Indent

Book:

1. Author’s Name (or Editor) - Michael Lewis2. Title of Source - Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game3. Title of Container -----------4. Other Contributors-----------5. Version -----------6. Number -----------7. Publisher - W. W. Norton & Company8. Publication Date - 20049. Location ------------

Journal Article From an Online Database:

Journal Article From an Online Database:1. Authors’ Name (or Editor) - Florencia V. Cornet2. Title of Source - Afro-Caribbean Reflections on the Film Black Panther: Imagining Superheroes in the

Nation-Building Process of Curacao3. Title of Container - Journal of Pan African Studies4. Other Contributors ----------5. Date & Number - Aug. 2018, Volume 11, Issue # 96. Name of Database Used - Gale Literature Resource Center7. Location -

0-link-gale-com.webpac.peralta.edu/apps/doc/A555411123/LitRC?u=collalamedal&sid=LitRC&xid=dbe248188. Date Accessed - January 29, 2020

Journal Article From an Online Database:1. Authors’ Name (or Editor) - Florencia V. Cornet2. Title of Source - Afro-Caribbean Reflections on the Film Black Panther: Imagining Superheroes in the

Nation-Building Process of Curacao3. Title of Container - Journal of Pan African Studies4. Other Contributors ----------5. Date & Number - Aug. 2018, Volume 11, Issue # 96. Name of Database Used - Gale Literature Resource Center7. Location -

0-link-gale-com.webpac.peralta.edu/apps/doc/A555411123/LitRC?u=collalamedal&sid=LitRC&xid=dbe248188. Date Accessed - January 29, 2020

Basic Reference Format for an Online Article from a Database

Author’s Last name, First Name. “Article Title.” Journal Title, vol., no., Publication Day Month Year, pp. Name of the Database, Location. Accessed Day Month Year.

Cornet, Florencia V. "Afro-Caribbean Reflections on the Film Black Panther: Imagining Superheroes in the Nation-Building Process of Curacao." Journal of Pan African Studies, vol. 11, no. 9, Aug. 2018, pp. 31-38. Gale Literature Resource Center, 0-link-gale-com.webpac.peralta.edu/apps/doc/A555411123/LitRC?u=collalamedal&sid=LitRC&xid=dbe24818. Accessed 29 Jan. 2020.

In-text Format: (Cornet 32) or (Cornet par. 5)

Journal Article From an Online Database:

DOI: Digital Object Identifierdoi: 10.34172/aim.2020.12

http://0-search.ebscohost.com.webpac.peralta.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=cmedm&AN=32271604&site=ehost-live&scope=site