1. Phillip K. Gipson
Grade Level: Adult Education – Library
Topic: Citing Your Work‟s Sources
Learning Objective: Familiarize students with basic citation necessity and usage guidelines for
the major styles they will encounter: MLA, APA, AMA, and Chicago Manual of Style.
1) http://library.pdx.edu/tutorials/citation/4
When Is Citation Needed?
a. Read this section and establish when it is that citations are needed and when they are
unnecessary. When you are comfortable with the information, move on.
2) http://library.duke.edu/research/citing/
Intro.to Citing Sources - Duke University Libraries
This is the primary introduction to citing sources. In the
two columns, the different methods of citing are listed.
a. Click on each tab to familiarize yourself with the
basic idea of how each citing style is performed
and presented.
3) http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/563/0
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Using Your Research – Quoting and Paraphrasing
a. Read through the three sections of text so that you understand the differences between
quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing and why and how each of these is used. It is
important to understand how to support your points properly, to be able to integrate
quotations into your text, and to always remember that paraphrasing still requires one to
give credit to an original source.
b. What is “paraphrasing”?
c. What is “summarizing”?
4) http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/589/01/

2. Avoiding Plagiarism
a. Briefly look over the Overview & Contradictions page to familiarize yourself with the
concept “accidental plagiarism,” and to look at the list of Contradictions. Then, click on
the link entitled „Is It Plagiarism?‟ in the left-hand navigational column. Read this page
and ensure you understand the term “plagiarism,” and when credit is required to be given
to a source.
b. What is “accidental plagiarism”?
c. What is “plagiarism”?
5) http://owl.english.purdue.edu/media/pdf/20110928111055_949.pdf
Citation Style Comparison Chart
a. Review this pdf chart to see a clear side-by-side comparison of the different citation
styles, so that you are familiar with which style you
will need to utilize for your writing project.
b. Fill in the blank: The Modern Language Association
(MLA) provides a method for source
documentation that is used in most
_______________ courses.
6) http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08/
MLA Works Cited – Purdue Online Writing Lab
a. If you are not using MLA style, skip over the next two steps. If you are using MLA style
specifically, look at how electronic sources are cited, and then go through the tabs
“Books,” “Periodicals,” and “Other Common Sources” on the left-hand side of the page.
7) http://www.umuc.edu/library/libhow/mla_examples.cfm
MLA Citation Examples – UMUC
a. View the examples of MLA citation provided on the page. These will help you to visually
identify whether or not your MLA citations are following usage guidelines.
b. The example given for an in-text citation citing a specific page is: ______________

3. 8) http://nwtc.libguides.com/content.php?pid=3016&sid=15566
AMA Guidelines & Citation Examples
a. If you are not using AMA style, skip over this step. If you are using AMA style
specifically, look at each of the guideline/citation sections with blue titles located on the
main page.
9) http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
APA Guidelines & Citation Examples - Purdue Online Writing Lab
a. If you are not using APA style, skip over this step. If you are using APA style
specifically, look at “General APA Guidelines,” “Major Paper Sections,” “Title Page,”
and “Abstract,” located on the main page.
10) http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/717/01/
Chicago Manual of Style, Works Cited - Purdue Online
Writing Lab
a. If you are not using Chicago Manual of Stylestyle,
skip over this step. If you are using Chicago Manual
of Style specifically, read the sections “Introduction
to Notes” and “Introduction to Bibliographies.”
b. What are the “common elements”?

4. Answer Key:
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b. Paraphrasing involves putting a passage from source material into your own words. A
paraphrase must also be attributed to the original source. Paraphrased material is usually shorter
than the original passage, taking a somewhat broader segment of the source and condensing it
slightly.
c. Summarizing involves putting the main idea(s) into your own words, including only
the main point(s). Once again, it is necessary to attribute summarized ideas to the original source.
Summaries are significantly shorter than the original and take a broad overview of the source
material.
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b. Accidental plagiarism is when inadvertent mistakes can lead to charges of plagiarism.
c. Plagiarism is the uncredited use (both intentional and unintentional) of somebody else's
words or ideas.
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b. Humanities
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b. (Cortois 70)
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b. the author (or editor, compiler, translator), title, and facts of publication.