Plagiarism and APA Format Worksheet !

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Go through the following examples and decide whether or not they involve plagiarism
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1.) Your friend has already completed the lab report that you still have to finish. In order
to save time, you simply paraphrase a few of the sentences of your friends report. !

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Plagiarism

Not Plagiarism !

2.) You need to write a paper about a topic that is not familiar to you. You find a journal
online and you copy many sentences from this article to create your paper. !
Plagiarism

Not Plagiarism!

3.) For an assignment, you use some information you found in a few articles online in
your own words and you cite the sources. !

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Plagiarism
Not Plagiarism!
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Identify whether or not you need to cite in these situations (circle the correct answer): !
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1.) Quotations of another persons actual spoken or written words !
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Cite
Dont Cite !

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2.) Information that is common knowledge, for example, the alphabet!
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Cite
Dont Cite !
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3.) Paraphrasing another persons spoken or written words!
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Cite
Dont Cite !
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Answer the following questions about APA format: !
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1.) How are references ordered in APA format?!
a.) By the order they appear in the writing !
b.) By the date the source was written !

c.) Alphabetical order !

d.) No particular order !

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2.) In APA format, how do you cite at the end of a sentence? !

a.) (Authors name(s)) !
b.) (Authors name(s), Year) !
c.) (Authors name(s), Title of publication) !
d.) (Authors name(s), Title of publication, Year)!

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3.) In APA format, how would you cite a source with 6+ authors in the text?!
a.) (Author 1, Title of publication, Year) !
b.) (Author 1, Author 2, Author 3, Author 4, Author 5, Author 6, Year) !
c.) (Author 1, et al, Year) !
d.) (Author 1 et al, Year) !

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4.) APA format requires a title page!
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True
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5.) Is the following APA citation correct?
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Yes

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Larson, E. L., Albrecht, S., & O'Keefe, M. (2005). Hand Hygiene Behavior in a Pediatric
Emergency Department and a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: Comparison of Use of 2
Dispenser Systems. American Journal of Critical Care, 14(4), 304-310.

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If not, what changes need to be made to make it correct? !

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Helpful Resource for Citing: !

http://www.bibme.org/apa/book-citation