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What every student should know about avoiding plagiarism / Linda Stern.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: What every student should know about-- (Pearson Education, Inc.)Publication details: New York : Pearson/Longman, 2009.Edition: UpdatedDescription: vi, 74 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780321446893
  • 0321446895
Other title:
  • Avoiding plagiarism
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 808.025 22
LOC classification:
  • PN167 .S74 2009
Contents:
What Is plagiarism? -- Significance of intellectual honesty -- Intentional plagiarism -- Documentation -- the key to avoiding unintentional plagiarism -- Sources and information that need to be documented -- Recognizing common knowledge -- How to use material gathered from sources -- Summary -- Review -- Plot summary -- Annotated bibliography entry -- Abstract -- Paraphrase -- Paraphrase of technical information -- Quotation -- Loyalty to the source -- Creating in-text citations -- Using an introductory attribution and a parenthetical reference -- Placing all identifying information in the parenthetical reference -- Placing all identifying information in the attribution -- Blending quotations into a paper -- Using correct grammar -- Using correct punctuation -- Using a full-sentence quotation of fewer than four lines -- Quoting part of a sentence -- Adding information to a quotation -- Omitting information from the middle of a sentence -- Omitting the end of a sentence -- Omitting the end of one sentence and the beginning of and the beginning of the next sentence -- Omitting information from the beginning of a quoted sentence -- Using a quotation of more than four lines -- Quoting lines of poetry -- Is it plagiarism? Test yourself on in-text references -- Constructing a works cited or references list -- Documentation styles and their manuals: MLA, APA, CM -- Elements included in a citation -- Organization of a works cited or references list -- MLA style -- sample formats -- Books -- Periodicals -- Electronic sources -- APA style -- sample formats -- Books -- Periodicals -- Electronic sources -- Is it plagiarism? Test yourself on MLA entries -- Using and documenting illustrations -- Evaluating electronic sources -- Is the material relevant to your topic? -- Is the source well respected? -- Is the material accurate? -- Is the information current? -- Is the material from a primary source or a secondary source? -- Avoiding plagiarism: note-taking tips -- Is it plagiarism? Test yourself on extended analysis of a student paper -- Answers and explanations.
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"Includes 2009 MLA guidelines"--Cover.

"Updated in 2009 with new MLA guidelines." --T.P. verso

Includes bibliographical references.

What Is plagiarism? -- Significance of intellectual honesty -- Intentional plagiarism -- Documentation -- the key to avoiding unintentional plagiarism -- Sources and information that need to be documented -- Recognizing common knowledge -- How to use material gathered from sources -- Summary -- Review -- Plot summary -- Annotated bibliography entry -- Abstract -- Paraphrase -- Paraphrase of technical information -- Quotation -- Loyalty to the source -- Creating in-text citations -- Using an introductory attribution and a parenthetical reference -- Placing all identifying information in the parenthetical reference -- Placing all identifying information in the attribution -- Blending quotations into a paper -- Using correct grammar -- Using correct punctuation -- Using a full-sentence quotation of fewer than four lines -- Quoting part of a sentence -- Adding information to a quotation -- Omitting information from the middle of a sentence -- Omitting the end of a sentence -- Omitting the end of one sentence and the beginning of and the beginning of the next sentence -- Omitting information from the beginning of a quoted sentence -- Using a quotation of more than four lines -- Quoting lines of poetry -- Is it plagiarism? Test yourself on in-text references -- Constructing a works cited or references list -- Documentation styles and their manuals: MLA, APA, CM -- Elements included in a citation -- Organization of a works cited or references list -- MLA style -- sample formats -- Books -- Periodicals -- Electronic sources -- APA style -- sample formats -- Books -- Periodicals -- Electronic sources -- Is it plagiarism? Test yourself on MLA entries -- Using and documenting illustrations -- Evaluating electronic sources -- Is the material relevant to your topic? -- Is the source well respected? -- Is the material accurate? -- Is the information current? -- Is the material from a primary source or a secondary source? -- Avoiding plagiarism: note-taking tips -- Is it plagiarism? Test yourself on extended analysis of a student paper -- Answers and explanations.

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