Using sources ethically and effectively

How to cite a quotation

You can either mention Ran Tao et al. in the text of your paper or you can place the author's name inside parentheses following the quotation. In both cases, include inside the parentheses the page number where you found the quotation:

Ran Tao and his co-authors argue that internet addiction, a rising problem in China and other Asian countries, can be identified by eight symptoms, including "the loss of interests, previous hobbies, [and other forms of] entertainment" (557).

Researchers argue that internet addiction, a rising problem in China and other Asian countries, can be identified by eight symptoms, including "the loss of interests, previous hobbies, [and other forms of] entertainment" (Tao et al. 557).

Although the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing’s position statement noted that “All nurses in academia [emphasis added] have a responsibilityto engage in and advance scholarship” (p. 4), Riley et al. (2002) proposed a model based on the assumption that “all nurses, as members of a practice-based discipline, share in the obligation to take part in generating its scholarship” (p. 384).

Riley, J.M., Beal, J., Levi, P., & McCausland, M.P. (2002). Revisioning nursing scholarship. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 34, 383-389.

Summarize and paraphrase sources without plagiarizing

When you use information or ideas from a source, cite that source even if you do not use the writer's exact words. Any of the writer's key words or phrases that you do use should be in quotation marks.

Note the specific page where the idea appears:

The underlying causes of identity theft lie in the systems we use for storing data (Solove 115).

However, although general composition courses are a staple in U.S. universities, they remain the exception rather than the rule in Canada (Graves, 1994). Nonetheless, as Troxler, JacobsonVann, and Oermann (2011) concluded, writing is a critical skill for nurses, and, as such, nursing programs have an obligation toensure that nursing students are taught how to write well.

Troxler, H., Jacobson Vann, J.C., & Oermann, M.H. (2011). How baccalaureate nursing programs teach writing. Nursing Forum, 46, 280-288.

Discussion

Using sources ethically and effectively

Quote sources without plagiarizing

Plagiarized:

Nell Irvin Painter argues in Creating Black Americans that we should consider Canadians of African descent as a new Creole people, born and forged in the Western Hemisphere. (black text = taken from original)

Acceptable summary:

Nell Irvin Painter argues in Creating Black Americans that the experiences of African descendents in the Western Hemisphere made them so culturally different from their ancestors that we can think of them as a separate people.

What you don't have to document

Facts that are available in many reference works

The Titanic sank early in the morning of April 15, 1912.

But, you should cite uncommon facts:

A September 1985 exploration of the wreck by an unmanned submersible did not find the long gash previously thought to have sunk the ship.

Avoid unintentional plagiarism

5 Steps for documenting sources

Don't mix words from the source with your own words (your notes).

When you copy text (right then), place quotation marks around the copied text and insert the page number of the source (record the bibliographic information for the works cited or reference list).

Save the file of the original source if it is online to make it easier to track down later.

What documentation style do I use?

What kind of source am I using

When do I cite sources?

How do I cite a source in my paper?

How do I cite sources at the end of my paper?

What do you have to document?

Facts not easily found in general reference works

Statements of opinion

Arguable claims

Sources of statistics

Research findings

Examples

Graphs

Charts

Illustrations

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/news-video/video-university-of-waterloo-professor-found-guilty-of-plagiarism/article7036712/

Former TDSB director's PhD dissertation includes unattributed passages from other sources Add to ...

OLIVER MOORE AND SIMONA CHIOSE

The Globe and Mail

Published Thursday, Jan. 10 2013, 12:23 PM EST

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/former-tdsb-directors-phd-dissertation-includes-unattributed-passages-from-other-sources/article7167752/

University of Waterloo to suspend professor for plagiarizing U.S. research in 2010

WATERLOO — Almost three years after he and one of his students co-authored a paper filled with blocks of text copied from a paper by two American researchers, University of Waterloo will suspend engineering professor Dongqing Li for four months without pay, starting April 1, 2013.

“I am very sorry for the plagiarism contained in the review paper,” Li said in a statement released Tuesday by the university.

Li stepped down as editor-in-chief of his own scientific journal over the blunder in May 2012.

“I take responsibility for this mistake, and for my delayed action in withdrawing the paper when I learned of the plagiarism,” Li said. “Further, I should have specified the extent of the plagiarized text in the retraction note.”

Herhalt, C. (2013). University of Waterloo to suspend profesor for plagiarizing U.S. research in 2010. The Record.com, Tue Jan 08 2013. http://www.therecord.com/news/local/article/866393--university-of-waterloo-to-suspend-professor-for-plagiarizing-u-s-research-in-2010

Roger Graves,

Director--Writing Across the Curriculum

Professor, English and Film Studies

Sources

NCTE Briefs: Plagiarism

http://www.ncte.org/college/briefs/plagiarism?roi=echo4-20147534238-17377120-234597ef5a5b03bfe928e7ef12e175a6&

The Little Penguin Handbook, 3rd Edition, 2012, by Lester Faigley, Roger Graves, and Heather Graves.

The Brief Penguin Handbook, 2nd Edition, 2011, by Lester Faigley, Roger Graves, and Heather Graves.