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Modern Language Association
(MLA) Style
MLA style is widely used
in literature and languages as well as other fields. . . . MLA style requires parenthetical
citations in the text of an essay to document quotations, paraphrases,
summaries, and other material requiring documentation. Keep your parenthetical
citations short, but include the information your readers need to locate the full
citation in the list of works cited at the end of the text. (Lunsford and Connor
293)
Lunsford,
Andrea and Robert Connors. "Documenting Sources, MLA Style. " The Everyday Writer.
Boston: St. Martin's, 1999.
For more information.
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MLA Examples
from The University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing
Center
http://www.wisc.edu/writetest/Handbook/DocMLA.html
This site provides help with the technicalities of the MLA parenthetical
documentation
style – also gives MLA Works Cited examples. TO CITE SOURCES FROM THE WORLD WIDE WEB
IN MLA FORMAT:
mla.org
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American Psychological
Association (APA) Style
The APA format for referencing
source materials was established by the American Psychological Association.
It is used by psychologists, sociologists, and other scientists. ". . . The APA
format requires short notes, or citations, put in parentheses within the text
instead of footnotes or endnotes "(Keene & Adams, 1999, p. 164)..
Keene,
Michael & Katherine Adams. (1999). APA documentation style.
In Easy
Access: The Reference Handbook for Writers 3rd ed.
Mountain View, CA:
Mayfield Publishing Company.
For more information
check the official APA website:
apa.org.
___________________________________________ PLAGIARISM
To avoid plagiarism, carefully cite all information
taken from another author, using the format (e.g. MLA, APA. Chicago, CBE,
etc.) assigned by your instructor. Shasta College Board Policy 5410 states that
plagiarism is a matter of academic dishonesty. According to the Shasta
College Course Catalog 2002-03, “Academic dishonesty“ is defined as
follows:
Academic dishonesty is the willful and intentional fraud and deception
for the purpose of improving a grade or obtaining course credit, and includes
all student behavior intended to gain or provide unearned academic advantage by
fraudulent and/or deceptive means. The
student has the full responsibility for the content and integrity of all
academic work submitted.
Ignorance of a
rule does not constitute a basis for waiving the rule or the consequences of
that rule.
Students unclear
about a specific situation should ask their instructors, who will explain what
is and is not acceptable in their classes.
Violation of this policy will result in
appropriate disciplinary action. Examples of such unauthorized behavior include
but are not limited to: [. . .] Plagiarism [which is] Failing to give credit for
ideas, statement of facts, or conclusions derived by another author.
Failure to use quotation marks when quoting directly from another,
whether it be a paragraph, a sentence, or a part thereof. (23, emphasis ours)
Works
Cited
“Academic
Honesty Policy.” Shasta College 2002-2003 Catalog. Redding:
Shasta-Tehama-Trinity Joint Community College District,
2002.
Shasta
College Writing Center
11555 Old
Oregon Trail
Redding,
CA 96049
(530) 242-7589
www3.shastacollege.edu/wc
youwriteright@shastacollege.edu
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