Using & Citing Sources

Jackie Sipes, Education Librarian

jsipes@temple.edu

Reading Sources

Courtesy to your reader

Why Cite?

Support or validate your argument

Courtesy to your reader

Give credit where credit is due

When to Cite

You must give credit whenever you
use another person’s idea, theories, research methods, or research results, whether it’s a direct quote
or paraphrasing.

What if I don't cite?

When you do not give credit to an author’s ideas or work,
you are committing plagiarism. This includes...

Plagiarism

includes

Cutting and pasting information from the internet without citing where you got that information

Using someone else's words or ideas without citing them

Buying or downloading research papers from the internet

Submitting the same paper you wrote in more than one class

Types of Citations

In-text

Reference List

Appears on a separate page(s) at the end of your paper.

Must correspond to the works cited in your in-text citations.

Reference List

In-text Citation

A parenthetical notation of relevant source information after a quote or a paraphrase. Used whenever you quote or paraphrase ideas from a source.

Paraphrase or Quote?

Quote: quotation taken directly from the source text.

Use when the original author has expressed something so well that you could not replicate it or when only the words of an expert will suffice as evidence for your claim.

In-text Citation

Paraphrase or Quote?

Paraphrase: A brief summary of a source's ideas, using your own words and structure.

Use to draw in another writer's ideas or information, but with an emphasis on your interpretation or reflection on that information.

In-text Citation

In-text Citation examples

Author named in sentence

Mullen (2001) argues that writing should be taught at the postgraduate level. (p. 199)

Author not named in sentence

“…legislation has helped schools progress toward narrowing the gap.” (Spellings, 2005, p.87)”

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