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2021-2022 - English 9 Honors Odyssey Research: Citations & Passwords

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Giving Credit

When do we give credit?

The key to avoiding plagiarism is to make sure you give credit where it is due. This may be credit for something somebody said, wrote, emailed, drew, or implied. Many professional organizations, including the Modern Language Association (MLA) and the American Psychological Association (APA), have lengthy guidelines for citing sources.

So how do we cite sources?

  • NoodleTools: FCPS has purchased subscriptions to NoodleTools for all students. If you would like to use this online source, click HERE to get started! See the link to the right if you'd like to learn about registering for the first time. 
  • Purdue OWL: Purdue OWL is a fantastic quick reference. The guidelines are clear and always include examples to mimic. To get started, click HERE.
  • ​Creative Commons: In addition to giving credit to the creator of ideas, images, music, etc., it is important to make sure you have permission to use the materials. Begin at Creative Commons for searchable images, media, and music that are available for public use! Make sure you give attribution for anything that you use. Click HERE to check it out!  

Giving Credit - Additional Information

Giving Credit - Additional Information

 

Students are often so busy trying to learn the rules of MLA format and style or APA format and style that they sometimes forget exactly what needs to be credited. Here, then, is a brief list of what needs to be credited or documented:

 

Direct Quotations & Paraphrased Ideas

This list includes the following:

  • Exact words or a unique phrase

  • Words or ideas presented in a magazine, book, newspaper, song, TV program, movie, Web page, computer program, letter, advertisement, or any other medium

Information gained from Someone Else

This list includes the following:

  • Interviews

  • Conversations

  • Face-to-face discussions

  • Phone conversations

  • Text conversations

  • Emails

  • Tweets

  • Skype / FaceTime / etc.

Visual Information

This list includes the following:

  • Diagrams

  • Illustrations

  • Charts

  • Photographs

  • Artwork

  • Other visual materials

Reused or Reposted, Royalty Free Media

This list includes the following:

  • Images

  • Audio

  • Video

  • All other media

Citing Electronic Sources from the Web

From Purdue OWL - Click HERE to view all examples 

An Image (Including a Painting, Sculpture, or Photograph)

Provide the artist's name, the work of art italicized, the date of creation, the institution and city where the work is housed. Follow this initial entry with the name of the Website in italics, and the date of access.

Goya, Francisco. The Family of Charles IV. 1800. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid. Museo Nacional del Prado, www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/art-work/the-family-of-carlos-iv/f47898fc-aa1c-48f6-a779-71759e417e74. Accessed 22 May 2006.

Klee, Paul. Twittering Machine. 1922. Museum of Modern Art, New York. The Artchive, www.artchive.com/artchive/K/klee/twittering_machine.jpg.html. Accessed May 2006.

If the work is cited on the web only, then provide the name of the artist, the title of the work, and then follow the citation format for a website. If the work is posted via a username, use that username for the author.