A Note about Plagiarism
It is important to cite your sources properly. If you want to learn more about avoiding plagiarism, read the Plagiarism Guide.
When you are writing your paper, you can use several ways to present information you have found in the body of your paper, and consciously avoid plagiarizing.
Direct quote
If you want to use a sentence or a passage exactly as it was written, you can include a direct quote, surrounded by quotation marks, and either using an inline citation, or a sentence before the quote referencing the author and work of origin.
Summary
You can also write a summary (in your own words of course) of the ideas or text you want to use. It helps to write the summary from your memory rather than looking directly at the passage.
Paraphrase
Paraphrasing is similar to a summary. It just means taking what you have read and rewriting it in your own words.
Google Scholar can be a useful tool when collecting research information. Settings can be updated to display:
Library Links - FindIt@Txstate
Bibliography Manager - EndNote (refers to Desktop EndNote)
NOT CITING OR GIVING ATTRIBUTION TO AN IMAGE SOURCE IS A FORM OF VISUAL PLAGIARISM
The basic elements needed for citing images are as follows:
How to Cite Images from Mississsippi State University
Copies of The Chicago manual of Style are also avaliable at the Alkek Library and the Music Library.
Citing Images Chicago Style from Colgate Visual Resources Library
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Or if you would like to use another style you can look at other Writing & Citation Style Guides such as APA, MLA. ASA, IEEE.
Print copies of the MLA Handbook are available for checkout
To see examples of how to cite images in MLA, see the An Image (Including a Painting, Sculpture, or Photograph) entry or the A Painting, Sculpture, or Photograph entry from Purdue's Online Writing Lab.
Citing images in APA from the APA Style Blog
IEEE Style
IEEE Editorial Style Manual (Online)
From The Chicago Manual of Style 16th edition
3.22 Formal titles in captions
You'll see something like this:
It's important to know the parts of a citation so you can interpret it correctly. You must have at least the Journal name, volume, issue, and page number to be able to locate the article.
Have a lot of citations you want to enter in your works cited/references list? Try a citation manager.
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