GUIDE TO CITATION

Rule 1: Make it clear to the reader when are you talking and when is someone else talking.

If you just copy and paste from internet you will fail! That’s calledplagiarism. Copy and Paste is good, you just HAVE TO give credit with a citation…

NO CITATION When you are talking about your ideas or common knowledge.

Example:

I think that climate change is an important issue for all people. Climate and weather are different.

NEED CITATION When you’re talking about the ideas of someone else.

Example:

There are four types of black hole laws. (Hawking, Stephen)

NEED QUOTES & CITATION When you’re saying the same thing as someone else.

Example:

“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.” (William Shakespeare, As You Like It)

Examples on how to cite in the text:

Example using parenthesis:

You always want to avoid plagiarism because plagiarism is basically lying about what you know or the work that you’ve done. If you want an official definition of plagiarism, the library at UC Berkeley provides a pretty good one. “Plagiarism means using another's work without giving credit. You must put others' words in quotation marks and cite your source(s). Citation must also be given when using others' ideas, even when those ideas are paraphrased into your own words.” (University of California Berkeley Library).The paraphrasing part is probably the most confusing,but stick to the guidelines above (“Guide to Citation” by Mr. Sobotka) and you will be fine.

Example using numbers & citing at bottom of page:

You always want to avoid plagiarism because plagiarism is basically lying about what you know or the work that you’ve done. If you want an official definition of plagiarism, the library at UC Berkeley provides a pretty good one. “Plagiarism means using another's work without giving credit. You must put others' words in quotation marks and cite your source(s). Citation must also be given when using others' ideas, even when those ideas are paraphrased into your own words.” 1The paraphrasing part is probably the most confusing,but stick to the guidelines above2and you will be fine.

1University of California Berkeley Library

2Mr.Sobotka. “Guild to Citation” 2015.