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PLAGIARISMCREATING IN-TEXT CITATIONS
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Introduction:
Avoid plagiarism by doing two things:
1. Provide accurate in-text citations in
your paper.
2. Provide accurate full-text citations in
your bibliography.
Introduction:
This tutorial will help you with step 1:
Providing in-text citations in your
paper or speech.
Here are the three
most common types
of in-text citations:
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Using someone else’s
exact words
in your own work.
DIRECT QUOTES1
Summarizing a
few sentences or paragraphs
of someone else’s work.
PARAPHRASE2
SUMMARY3
Providing a
brief overview (just the main points)
of an entire article, book chapter, or report.
Within the body of your paper, you
must identify where you have
included ideas and words that aren’t
your own.
In the bibliography at the end of
your paper, you need to help the
reader locate the sources where you
found those ideas.
Now, let’s look at
some examples…
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DIRECT QUOTES
Requires quotation marks
around the quote, and an in-text
citation in parenthesis.
An in-text citation for a direct quote
should include:
1. the author’s name
2. the page number where the quote
appeared and sometimes…
3. the year the article was published
(used in APA style but not MLA)
Example A:
Country superstar Taylor Swift’s first
album, Fearless was the “top-selling,
as well as most awarded, album of
2009 ” (Saxton, 62).
Direct Quote Example #1: MLA
Country superstar Taylor Swift’s first
album, Fearless was the “top-selling,
as well as most awarded, album of
2009 ” (Saxton, 62).
Direct Quote Example #1: MLA
quotation
mark
author’s
last name
page
number
closing
punctuation
Country superstar Taylor Swift’s first
album, Fearless was the “top-selling,
as well as most awarded, album of
2009 ” (Saxton, 2011, p. 62).
Direct Quote Example #1: APA
Country superstar Taylor Swift’s first
album, Fearless was the “top-selling,
as well as most awarded, album of
2009 ” (Saxton, 2011, p. 62).
Direct Quote Example #1: APA
quotation
mark
author’s
last name
page
number
closing
punctuation
year
published
According to Saxton, Taylor Swift’s
first album, Fearless was the “most
awarded album of 2009” (62).
Direct Quote Example #2: MLA
According to Saxton, Taylor Swift’s
first album, Fearless was the “most
awarded album of 2009” (62).
Direct Quote Example #2: MLA
quotation
mark
author’s
last name
page
number
closing
punctuation
According to Saxton (2009), Swift’s
first album, Fearless was the “most
awarded album of 2009” (p. 62).
Direct Quote Example #2: APA
According to Saxton (2009), Swift’s
first album, Fearless was the “most
awarded album of 2009” (p. 62).
Direct Quote Example #2: APA
quotation
mark
author’s
last name
page
number
closing
punctuation
Year
published
PARAPHRASING
Does not require quotation
marks, unless you include a
direct quote within your
paraphrase.
An in-text citation for a paraphrase
should include:
1. the author’s name
2. the page number(s) where the quote
appeared and sometimes…
3. the year the article was published
(used in APA style but not MLA)
Example B:
The public loves Taylor Swift. In 2009
when Kanye West made an insulting
remark toward Swift, even President
Barack Obama jumped to her
defense (Saxton 62) .
Paraphrase Example: MLA
The public loves Taylor Swift. In 2009
when Kanye West made an insulting
remark toward Swift, even President
Barack Obama jumped to her
defense (Saxton 62) .
Paraphrase Example: MLA
author’s
last name
page
number
closing
punctuation
The public loves Taylor Swift. In 2009
when Kanye West made an insulting
remark toward Swift, even President
Barack Obama jumped to her
defense (Saxton, 2011, p. 62) .
Paraphrase Example: APA
The public loves Taylor Swift. In 2009
when Kanye West made an insulting
remark toward Swift, even President
Barack Obama jumped to her
defense (Saxton, 2011, p. 62) .
Paraphrase Example: APA
Author’s
last name
Page
number
Closing
punctuation
Year
published
SUMMARIES
Since a summary is an overview
of a large amount of
information, page numbers and
quotation marks are not
required unless you include a
direct quote within your summary.
An in-text citation for a summary should
include:
1. the author’s name and sometimes…
2. the year the article was published
(used in APA style but not MLA)
Example C:
A 2009 article by the magazine,
Maverick identified Taylor Swift as
an up and coming country music
star (Saxton).
Summary Example: MLA
A 2009 article by the magazine,
Maverick identified Taylor Swift as
an up and coming country music
star (Saxton).
Summary Example: MLA
author’s
last name
closing
punctuation
A 2009 article by the magazine,
Maverick identified Taylor Swift as
an up and coming country music
star (Saxton).
Summary Example: APA
A 2009 article by the magazine,
Maverick identified Taylor Swift as
an up and coming country music
star (Saxton).
Summary Example: APA
Author’s
last name
Closing
punctuation
A 2009 article by the
magazine, Maverick identified
Taylor Swift as an up and coming
country music star (Saxton).
Summary Example: APA
Note: Since the year of
publication is included
in our summary, no
date is needed in the
in-text citation.