HANDOUTS:
HOMEWORK
Be ready for quiz on this week's lecture & discussion and on the Required Reading for week 3.
REQUIRED READINGS for WEEK 4:
Describe one way in which last week’s course content affects you in your life.
email this as an attachment to sally.ellis@rccd.edu (if you do not know how to do this, please ask so I can show you)
COPYRIGHT
CITATIONS
pla·gia·rism
the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.The practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own synonyms copying, infringement of copyright, piracy, theft, stealing; informal cribbing "accusations of plagiarism" Source: Google Definitions
Citing sources and creating a Bibliography/Works Cited List:
If you use the ideas of others and do not give them credit by providing proper references to their work, you are committing plagiarism. Not only is plagiarism an honor code violation at Riverside City College, it may also violate copyright and be a crime. Instructors at RCC have access to turnitin.com, which automatically checks papers for possible plagiarism.
For information on the growing problem of plagiarism with statistics and background information visit Plagiarism.org.
Avoid using others' words with only minor, cosmetic changes:
Examples of cosmetic changes:
No matter what format you choose (summarizing, paraphrasing, or quoting), you should always to put an in-text citation within your text at the end of your quote/paraphrase/summary.
In the MLA format, it should include the author(s) last name, followed by the page numbers, in parenthesis at the end of your quote, paraphrase or summary (Smith 145-200).
If you mention Smith at the beginning of the sentence, just include the page numbers where the source is found (145-200).
As always, there are variations. If you're not sure, contact us or consult OWL Purdue page on in-text citations for your particular style.
Avoid using others' word with only minor, cosmetic changes:
Examples of cosmetic changes:
No matter what format you choose (summarizing, paraphrasing, or quoting), you should always to put an in-text citation within your text at the end of your quote/paraphrase/summary.
In the MLA format, it should include the author(s) last name, followed by the page numbers, in parenthesis at the end of your quote, paraphrase or summary (Smith 145-200).
If you mention Smith at the beginning of the sentence, just include the page numbers where the source is found (145-200).
As always, there are variations. If you're not sure, contact us or consult OWL Purdue page on in-text citations for your particular style.
You don't have to cite "common knowledge," BUT the fact must really be commonly known. That Abraham Lincoln was the U.S. President during the Civil War is common knowledge; that over 51,000 Union and Confederate soldiers died in the Battle of Gettysburg4 is not. If you learned a piece of information in the course of your research, cite it.