Preface to an EasyBib Workshop -- The Basics of Citation
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The document discusses why citations are important, including attributing intellectual property, providing credit to creators, pointing to original sources, avoiding plagiarism, and contributing to academic discourse. It notes key elements of a citation, such as creators, authors, publication date, title, and media. Finally, it provides guidance on determining the proper citation format based on whether a source is from a database, online journal, website, government document, or reference work.
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- 1. Do Citations Make You Crabby? Get out of a pinch with EasyBib! Geographic Survey. Helmet Crab. Flickr. 2012. Public Domain.
- 2. Why Cite. Geographic Survey. Helmet Crab. Flickr. 2012. Public Domain. Attribute use of someone elses intellectual property. Provide credit to the author(s), creator(s) and researcher(s) Points researcher to the original source Contributes to awareness and avoidance of plagiarism issues In the scholarly tradition, it carries on an academic conversation with those who published before you and that will come after you.
- 3. Citation Elements Creator(s) Author(s) Organization Government Publication Date Title of work Editor(s) Place item is held Media Page, Paragraph or other placement identifications. Digital Object Identifier (DOI) or Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
- 4. FORMAT Geographic Survey. Helmet Crab. Flickr. 2012. Public Domain. Database Did you sign into SCF.edu/library databases? Is a database of journals? Online Journal Did you search Google? Does it have a title, volume, issue and page numbers? Check About statement and copyright at the bottom of the page. Part of a Website Does it have different sections with different names and functions? No page numbers? Check About statement and copyright at the bottom of the page. Government Document Is there a .gov in the URL? Check About statement and copyright at the bottom of the page. Reference or Dictionary Are the entries in order by subject or title? Is it similar to an encyclopedia, Wikipedia or dictionary in terms of headings?
- 5. take the Pinch out of Citation With EasyBib. Geographic Survey. Helmet Crab. Flickr. 2012. Public Domain.