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Use of Information means
you're ready to take the relevant information from your sources!
The easiest way to do that is to organize a note-taking system.
For this paper, we recommend a chart like this:
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GEOGRAPHY OF TRIBE |
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Create a chart for each of your three points. You may record
your answers in one of three ways:
1. Paraphrase: Instead of copying word by word, put the
information in your own words.
2. Summarize: Read a large section of information for
overall meaning and summarize it into a few sentences.
3. Direct Quotes ("quote"): Direct quotes are useful for
primary sources such as speeches, letters, interviews, journals,
autobiographies, and memoirs. (Direct quotes are not useful for
encyclopedias or general information.)
Remember that you must give credit to your source for all three ways
unless your paraphrased or summarized information is common
knowledge (ask if you are not sure). Making sure to
clearly cite your sources is the best way to avoid Plagiarism.
Citation guidelines for your Bibliography: MLA
Citation
| Books |
One Author:
Last name, first name and initial or middle name. Title.
Place: Publisher, date of publication.
Example:
Deedy, Carmen Agra. The Library Dragon. Atlanta:
Peachtree Publishers, Ltd, 1994.
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Two Authors:
Last name, First name and initial or middle name, and First name
Last Name. Title. Place: Publisher, date.
Example:
Ryan, Pam Munoz, and Jerry Pallotta. The Crayon Counting Book.
Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge Publishing, 1996.
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Three authors:
Last name, first name, First name Last name, and First name Last
name. Title. Place: Publisher, date.
Example:
Jones, V.S., M.E. Eakle, and C.W. Foerster. A History of
Newspapers. Cambridge, Eng.: Cambridge UP, 1987.
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More than three authors:
Last name, first name, et al. Title. Place: Publisher,
date.
Shields, J., et al. The History of English Alley.
Hartford: Merganser Press, 1997.
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| Encyclopedia Articles: |
When you know the author (the article is
signed):
Last name, first name. "Article Title." Title of Encyclopedia
(edition), volume number, page numbers.
Example:
Feinberg, Joe. "Cats." The World Book Encyclopedia
(1999), 3, 101-123.
When you don't know the author's name (the article is
unsigned):
"Article Title." Title of Encyclopedia, (edition), volume
number, page numbers.
"Money." Compton's Precyclopedia (1977 ed.), X, 80-91. |
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Magazine and newspaper
articles:
Last name, first name. "Article title." Title of magazine
(Issue date): pages.
Example:
King, Peter. "The Clutch." Sports Illustrated (31 January
2000): 42-45.
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Author or originator. Title of item. [Online]
Date of document or download (day, month, year).
URL <http://address/filename>.
Example:
U.S. Census Bureau. "American FactFinder: Facts
About My Community." [Online] 17 August 2001.
<http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/BasicFactsServlet>.
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