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Poetry Resources: Citations & Passwords

Citing Poetry

The following is directly from Purdue OWL

Poem or Short Story Examples, in a book:

Burns, Robert. "Red, Red Rose." 100 Best-Loved Poems, edited by Philip Smith, Dover, 1995, p. 26.

Kincaid, Jamaica. "Girl." The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Short Stories, edited by Tobias Wolff, Vintage, 1994, pp. 306-07.

If the specific literary work is part of the author's own collection (all of the works have the same author), then there will be no editor to reference:

Whitman, Walt. "I Sing the Body Electric." Selected Poems, Dover, 1991, pp. 12-19.

Carter, Angela. "The Tiger's Bride." Burning Your Boats: The Collected Stories, Penguin, 1995, pp. 154-69.

If the poem is from a website, cite it as you would a page on a website. 

The following is directly from Purdue OWL: 
"For an individual page on a Web site, list the author or alias if known, followed by an indication of the specific page or article being referenced. Usually, the title of the page or article appears in a header at the top of the page. Follow this with the information covered above for entire Web sites. If the publisher is the same as the website name, only list it once."

Lundman, Susan. “How to Make Vegetarian Chili.” eHow, www.ehow.com/how_10727_make-vegetarian-chili.html. Accessed 6 July 2015.

“Athlete's Foot - Topic Overview.” WebMD, 25 Sept. 2014, www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/tc/athletes-foot-topic-overview.

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