Transcript APA - Holland College

Plagiarism
Accident or Not
It’s Still Plagiarism When…
• Copying text word for word and failing to put
quotation marks around it even if you cite it
• Inaccurately quoting a source
• Cutting and pasting
• Omitting in-text citations even though the source is
cited on the works cited page
• Failing to include the citation on the works cited pg.
How do I Avoid It?
• Use your own words and ideas
• Give credit for direct quotes using quotation
marks and citing the source
• Give credit for websites, photos, diagrams,
graphics, multimedia
• Paraphrases, restating the author’s words or ideas
in your own words, must be cited
• Cosmetic changes still require a citation, i.e.,
reversing order, changing layout
Ways of Citing Sources
1. Quoting - the direct quotation of the
words of others
2. Paraphrasing - putting someone else’s
words or ideas in your own words
3. Reference List - details of information
sources cited or paraphrased in your text
or project
1. Quotations
• Double quotation marks around short
quotations (<40 words).
• Longer quotations (>40 words) block
indent and omit quotation marks.
• Changing quotations, i.e., omitting text
(…) or inserting text ([ ])
In Text Short Quotation
(<40 words)
“An honor code usually consists of a signed statement
in which students promise not to cheat and not to
tolerate those who do” (Harris, 2001, p. 117).
In text Long Quotation
(>40 words)
Athletes are searching for anything that will make them more
competitive including nutritional supplements, such as vitamins,
energy bars and drinks that may compensate for dietary
deficiencies, and over-the-counter products like shark cartilage
and amino acids, which purport to increase muscle mass, boost
energy and endurance, prompt weight gain (or loss), or reduce
recovery time between workouts. (Jollimore, 2004, p. 54)
2. Paraphrasing
• Restating the author’s ideas into your
own words
• Need to do more than just change a
word or two
Figure Example
(Curran & Canning, 2007, p. 141)
References
Curran, K., & Canning, P. (2007). Wireless handheld devices
become trusted network devices. Information Systems
Security, 16(3), 134-146. doi:10.1080/10658980701401686.
(Hameed et al., 2011, p. 87)
References
Hameed, R., Qadeer, W., Wachs, M., Azizi, O.,
Solomatnikov, A., Lee, B. C., ... Horowitz, M. (2011).
Understanding sources of inefficiency in generalpurpose chips. Communications Of The ACM, 54(10), 8593. doi:10.1145/2001269.2001291
Reference List
• Acknowledges all the sources you have
cited in your project
• Organized in alphabetical order
• Strictly follows citation style format
(APA, MLA . . . )
Reference List
Rules to Remember
1. For journal articles, books, videos, and
websites: Only capitalize the First letter of
the title, proper nouns & first word after a
colon.
2. Authors’ names must be inverted, using
only the first & middle initials. For more
than one author use the “&” before the
final name.
5. There is no period at the end of a website citation.
6. Personal communications are only cited in text, not in
reference list.
Rules of Italics
• Italicize the titles of journals, magazines, newspapers, books, videos and web
documents
• Italicize the volume number of a journal but not the issue number Canadian
Art, 24(3)
• Do not italicize article titles from journals and magazines
References
Anderson, D. (August 3, 2001). Statement by Environment Minister David Anderson on Arctic
National Wildlife Refuge. Retrieved from http://www.ec.gc.ca/Press/2001/010803_s_e.htm
Blicq, R. (2001). Guidelines for report writing. Toronto: Pearson Education Canada.
Booth, W. C., Colomb, G. G., & Williams, J. M. (1995). The craft of research. Chicago: University of
Chicago Press.
Edwards, C., & Crockett, R. (2007, April 16). New Music Phones--Without the i. Business Week,
Retrieved from Ebsco database.
Harris, R. (2001). The plagiarism handbook. Los Angeles: Pyrczak.
Jollimore, M. (June 21, 2004). Fuel’s gold: why Canada’s athletes pay so much attention to what they
eat. Time, 163(25), 52-61.
Reitman, J. (2004). The Baghdad follies. Rolling Stone, 952/953, 110-117.
Reference Generators
APA
http://apastyle.org
Knightcite
http://www.calvin.edu/library/knightcite/