RE: Citing lectures

These articles are so helpful!!

The summary of the lecture notes.

1) This article tells us what source is and explains the difference between primary source and secondary source. Primary source is raw data that does not itself give us the analysis of your subject. Secondary source, on the other hand, does give us inference on your subject, and we may accept or object. The article goes on to say that it is our obligation, service, and advantage for us to disclose our sources. It not only gives us the creditability to discuss the subject, but also gives our readers an opportunity to verify our data.

2) This article lists the rule of integrating sources into a paper. It includes summarizing, paraphrasing, and quoting source. The article explains in detail the principles of how to summarize, paraphrase, and quote the sources, as well as when to italicize and underline sources. The article also offers the general rule for quoting sources.

3) This article shows us when to and when not to cite the sources. We should cite the source when we use factual information or data found in a source; when we quote verbatim two or more words, or even a single word or label that is distinctive or striking; when we summarize, paraphrase ideas arrived by another person; when mention someone else’s work. We don’t have to cite the source when the source and page location of the relevant passage are obvious; when dealing with “common knowledge”; when using phrases that have become part of everyday speech; when draw on ideas or phrase that arose in conversation. The article also includes different methods of citing and how to acknowledge united sources.

4) This article explains what plagiarism is and the consequences of plagiarism. For instance, when not citing: information or data from its source, other people’s idea, a verbatim phrase or passage. The article also mentions special hazards of electronic sources and how to avoid high-risk situation; for example, don’t leave work until the last minute because some assignment takes a lot of time, and, when taking notes, make sure the distinguish your own thoughts and ideas from the sources you are citing from.

5) The final article teaches us many different ways to decorate the paper and make it look like million dollars according the format you are using, for instance, MLA, APA, etc. The article also says that MLA is normally used for humanities majors, and APA is more for social science and science with some exceptions. The article also shows us the way to list the references used and how to cite reference under different circumstances and according the format and style you are using.