Plagiarism and Citing Your Work

As you begin to search for ideas on your topic remember to think about where
you are getting your information. When you use someone elses words, ideas or
work you must give them credit. This is called citing your sources.
Copying someone elses work in any form without giving them credit is not
acceptable and can lead to serious consequences. When you do this and dont
give credit it is called plagiarism.
Citing your sources is a very easy thing to forget to do, so get in the habit of
jotting down your sources as you go. Use this checklist to help you with your
research.
Remember: if you are not sure, ask for help.

Anti-Plagiarism Checklist
Did I make a list of all the books, articles,
websites, and other sources I used?
Did I keep track of which information came from
which source?
When I used sentences just as they were in the
source, did I always put quotation marks around
them?
When I summarized ideas in my own words,
did I remember to give credit to the
original source?
Did I ask my teacher if I was unsure
how to list a source or whether to list it?
*Example

*This anti-plagiarism checklist was adapted from an idea on KidsHealth website:

http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/school/plagiarism.html

Citing Sources Guide

Print Resources
Book with one author

1. Author.
2. Title of book. (italicized)
3. City of publication:
4. Publisher, date of publication.

Cohen, Daniel. America's Very Own Ghosts.

York: Doubleday, 1985.

Book with two authors

New

1. Authors (in the order they are given in the book).

2. Title of book. (italicized)
3. City of publication:
4. Publisher, date.

Smith, Elizabeth, and David Wright. Rocks and

Minerals. Chicago: Macmillan, 1995.

Encyclopedia and other familiar

reference books

1. Author of article (if available).

2. "Title of article."
3. Title of book. (italicized)
4. Date of edition. (Volume and page number not
necessary if articles are arranged alphabetically).

Eiselen, Malcolm R. "Franklin, Benjamin."

Encyclopedia. 1999.
"France."

Compton's Encyclopedia.

Article in a periodical
(magazines or newspaper)

The World Book

1998.

1. Author (if available).

2. "Title of article."
3. Periodical title (italicized) date: page.

Haverkamp, Beth. "Bad Women and Bandit Queens."

May 1996: 20-22.
"N.F.L. Training Camp Report" The New York Times
21 Aug. 1996: B12.

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Electronic Resources
Encyclopedia from an online
service

1. Author, if shown
2. "Title of the article."
3. Name of encyclopedia (underlined).
4. Name of publisher, date of publication, if
available.
5. Date of your visit.
6. Name of the online subscription service
hosting the encyclopedia.

"Planets." Compton's Living Encyclopedia.

Compton's Learning Company, 1996. 29 Aug. 1998 CLAMSnet.
Kelland, Frank. "New Jersey." Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia,
Grolier Interactive Inc. 13 July 1998. America Online.

Online Resources
World Wide Web

1. Author, if known
2. "Title of the article."
3. Title of complete work (underlined).
4. Date of your visit.
5. <full http address>. (enclosed in angle brackets)

Clemens, Paul and Robert M. Hordon. "New Jersey." World

Book Online. 12 Dec. 1999 <http://www.worldbookonline.
com/na/ar/fs/ar388680.htm>.
Sultzman, Lee. "Delaware History." 23 Nov. 1998.
<http://www.dickshovel.com/dela.html>.
Vallis, Glenn. "New Jersey During the Revolution." 13 Sept. 1998.
<http://www.eclipse.net/~gvalis/ggv/NJrev/NJrev.html>.
Arnett, Bill. "Saturn." The Nine Planets. 21 May 1998.
<http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/saturn.html>.
"Discovering Whales." Welcome to the Watery World of Whales.
14 Oct. 1998.<http://whales.magna.com.au/DISCOVER/index.html>.
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