{"id":101,"date":"2017-10-11T16:33:22","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T16:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/librarywp.whatcom.edu\/infolit\/?page_id=101"},"modified":"2022-12-09T23:39:18","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T23:39:18","slug":"citingbasics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/librarywp.whatcom.edu\/infolit\/citingbasics\/","title":{"rendered":"Cite sources"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cite to show your research, credit authors, and help readers find your sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Citing sources and plagiarism<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Plagiarism is one form of academic dishonesty that &#8220;includes taking and using as one\u2019s own, <strong>without proper attribution<\/strong>, the ideas, writings, or work of another person in completing an academic assignment&#8221;. (WAC 132U-126-030 Prohibited Student Conduct, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatcom.edu\/home\/showdocument?id=6862\">Student Rights &amp; Responsibilities<\/a> p.4) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Citing a source means that you show how you took words, ideas, facts, figures, and images from another place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-101-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/librarywp.whatcom.edu\/infolit\/wp-content\/uploads\/How-and-Why-to-Cite-Your-Sources_default.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/librarywp.whatcom.edu\/infolit\/wp-content\/uploads\/How-and-Why-to-Cite-Your-Sources_default.mp4\">https:\/\/librarywp.whatcom.edu\/infolit\/wp-content\/uploads\/How-and-Why-to-Cite-Your-Sources_default.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A good citation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Shows your reader you&#8217;ve done\u00a0proper research by listing sources you used to get your information.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Is a part of responsible scholarship by giving credit to other researchers\u00a0and acknowledging their ideas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Helps you avoid\u00a0plagiarism\u00a0by quoting words and ideas used by other authors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Allows your reader to track down the sources you used through footnotes, a bibliography or reference list.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A citation is like the address of a house and consists of standard elements.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>author name(s)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>titles of books, articles, and journals<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>date of publication<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>page numbers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>volume and issue numbers for articles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>and others as needed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<script src=\"https:\/\/askwa.libanswers.com\/load_chat.php?hash=5de246eb5b4e11f7a90f2e64d6770277\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"libchat_5de246eb5b4e11f7a90f2e64d6770277\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cite to show your research, credit authors, and help readers find your sources. Citing sources and plagiarism Plagiarism is one form of academic dishonesty that&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/librarywp.whatcom.edu\/infolit\/citingbasics\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cite sources<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-101","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Rowena McKernan","author_link":"https:\/\/librarywp.whatcom.edu\/infolit\/author\/rmckernan\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Cite to show your research, credit authors, and help readers find your sources. 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