Plagiarism

Cite While You Write

• The in-text citations direct the reader to the reference list so that they can get more information about your sources.
• As you write your paper and use someone else's ideas you will need to put the authors name and year within parentheses (Langan, 1998).
• If you paraphrase or quote someone else's idea you will need to include the page number or paragraph (Langan, 1998, p.28).

In your writing

• Use quotation marks around exact quotes
• If you paraphrase, change the whole structure
• Use in-text citations for both quotes and paraphrases 

Even when you paraphrase it is still someone else's idea.

• If citing the whole work a page number is not needed.

APA Style

When paraphrasing:  

    Jones (2016) found that…

    This study stated that blue is preferred (Jones, 2016)

When quoting:

    “Green is always superior” (Jones, 2016, p. 2)

Online source with no page numbers:

    Name, date, para or heading & para

MLA Style

When paraphrasing:  

    (Jones, 6-9) found that…

    This study stated that blue is preferred (Jones, 6-9)

When quoting:

    “Green is always superior” (Jones, 2)

Online source with no page numbers:

    Cite the work in its entirety

Chicago Style

When paraphrasing:  

    Insert a footnote or endnote for all sources

When quoting:

    Insert a footnote or endnote for all sources

Online source with no page numbers:

    Insert a footnote or endnote for all sources