Lets get ExCITED!! Quick Reminders about Works Cited and Parenthetic Citations Query 1 Q: Why do we cite our sources? A: Because it is stealing if we do not. It is a matter of not only academic, but also personal, integrity. Q:What
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Let’s get ExCITED!! Quick Reminders about Works Cited and Parenthetic Citations<br>
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Query #1 Q: Why do we cite our sources?
A: Because it is stealing if we do not. It is a matter of not only academic, but also personal, integrity.
Q:What information are we obligated to cite?
A: Any information which is not common knowledge and does not belong to us.<br>
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Query #2 Q: What is the relationship between a Works Cited and a parenthetic citation?
A: A parenthetic (in-paper) citation shows from which source in your Works Cited you got your facts. What is in parentheses should be FIRST in the Works Cited.
Lambert, Larry. “How to Teach.” Teacher . 13 Mar. 2010. 10-16. Print.
(Lambert)<br>
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Query #3 Q: If I put it in my own words, then I’m ok and don’t need to cite it, right?
A: WRONG
Cite ALL information whether quoted directly, or in your own words. It wasn’t your idea.<br>
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Query #4 How do I punctuate the parenthetic citations?
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According to Catherine Day, a famous resourceress, “Including a Works Cited page is a sign of academic maturity” (Day).<br>
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Query #5 What do I do if the quoted material ends in a question mark or an exclamation point? (!)
Question marks and exclamation points should appear within the quotation marks if they are a part of the quoted passage but after the parenthetical citation if they are a part of your text.<br>
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Example: So we must ask ourselves this question: “Is a Works Cited page truly, “a sign of academic maturity”(Day)?
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Lambert urges teachers to ask themselves, “What do you want your students to know?”(Lambert).<br>
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But I’m not writing… GAH!!!
You must cite your sources regardless of the format of your product!
Cite sources for videos, posters, blogs, glogs, poems, you name it!<br>
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What about…? What about weird sources?
What about more than one source by the same author?
What about sources within a source?
What about what about what about???
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Sample Works Cited: Works Cited
Etheredge, Sandi. “The Importance of Education in a Child’s Life.” Ezine Articles. N.p. 2009. n.pag.
Web. 17 Apr. 2009.
Fussel, James. “Skateboarding Phenomenon Soaring Across America.” Kansas City Star. N.p. SIRS. 24 Sept. 2002. n.pag. Web. 19 Dec. 2008.
Jefferies, Steven. Personal interview. 12 Mar. 2009.
Meyer, Stephanie. New Moon. New York: Little, 2006. Print.
---Twilight. New York: Little, 2005. Print.
Mohammed, Riyadh and Katherine Zoepf. “Bombs Kill 15 as Violence Rises Quickly in Baghdad.” New
York Times 5 Nov. 2008:A11. Print.<br>
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Cont’d “Molecular Cloning.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. 12 Feb. 2009. Web. 19 Feb. 2009.
Robertson, Richard E. Home page. n.d. Web. 13 Feb. 2009.
“Study: Toddlers Who Gesture Have Bigger Vocabularies.” FoxNews.com. Fox News Network, 13 Feb.
2009. n.pag. Web. 20 Mar. 2009.
“Tony Stewart Hopes to Emulate Hero A.J. Foyt.” Daily Record [Ellensburg] 14 Feb. 2009: B1. Print.
“A Woman of Style and Substance.” More. Dec. 2008/Jan. 2009: 40-41. Print.<br>
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Citing Court Cases: General rule: Name of the first plaintiff and the first defendant, the number of the case, the name of the court that decided the case, and the date it was decided. Names of cases and court names are frequently abbreviated.
King v. St. Vincent's Hospital. No. 90-889. Supreme Court of the US. 16
December 1991. Print.
How to insert the in-text citation:
In this court case it was determined that, “the safety of the community was more important than the individual privacy of the patient”(King).<br>
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Citing a case online Name of the case.
Names of law cases are abbreviated. The important word(s) of each party's name is spelled out.
Use "v." between parties names.
Case number.
Court--Supreme Court of the US or other federal or state court.
Date of case.
Use year the decision was made.
Source of information.
Medium of publication.
Date accessed if found on web.
Cite in text using first part of the first party in the case.<br>
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Example: King v. St. Vincent's Hospital. No. 90-889. Supreme Court of the US. 16
December 1991. Oyez.org. Web. 20 Sept. 2015
How to insert the in-text citation:
In this court case it was determined that, “the safety of the community was more important than the individual privacy of the patient”(King). Name of the case. The number of the case. The name of
the court that decided the case. The date it was decided. Title of the website.
Medium of publication (print or web). Date accessed.<br>
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Citing the Constitution: Works Cited:
The Constitution of the United States. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 5.Print.
The Constitution of the United States. Amendment 5. Findlaw.com. Findlaw,
2011.Web. 9 Nov. 2011.
In text:
Under the Fifth Amendment , no individual “shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself from incriminating himself ”
(Constitution, am. 5).<br>
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Works Cited The Constitution of the United States. Amendment 5. Findlaw.com. Findlaw,
2011.Web. 9 Nov. 2011.
King v. St. Vincent's Hospital. No. 90-889. Supreme Court of the US. 16
