Sources+and+CITATION



in addition to your selected novel,
 * You must use at least TWO sources

and your artifact.


 * RELIABILITY OF SOURCES

How reliable is your source? Where are you getting your information? Has it gone through the editing process? Has it been fact-checked?

Based on Ms. Parker-Hennion's introduction to resources in the library, you should understand:


 * Internet versus Print Sources
 * Reliability of Sources
 * How to FIND your Sources

*If you have any questions regarding finding sources, or the reliability of your sources, POST THEM!

* PROPER CITATION


 * In-text citations

WHEN to cite:

1. Whenever you incorporate someone else's thoughts / ideas / research / information into your paper. // During the Great Depression, the popular opinion regarding President Hoover can be interpreted by exploring terms such as Hoovervilles, Hooverhogs, Hoover flags, and Hoover blankets (Nelson 117). //

2. Whenever you directly quote a source.

// During the conference, Dr. Jensen posited that "establishing a unified plan is the only hope in addressing the hospital's flawed adminstration" (Berger 27). //

3. Whenever you incorporate different sources within one paragraph.

// Life became more difficult for Ms. Nelson after her husband's surgery (Shelley 352). After three months, she moved the family to Wichita, where they started a new life (Gardner 39). //

4. When the information you present is //not// common knowledge.

5. At the end of a paragraph.

HOW to cite:

1. Include **author** and **page number** in the following format: (Author Page). Please notice that there is NO comma!

Afterwards, if you find more information on a different page, simply cite the
 * page number, without mentioning the author's name a second time**.

//During the conference, Dr. Jensen posited that "establishing a unified plan is the only hope in addressing the hospital's flawed adminstration" (Berger 27). Stanley Shelley, the President of Sunnyside Hospital, has faced "an antagonistic administration since 1997" (33).// ** *It is assumed that all information comes from the same source. **

2. If no page number is available, simply cite the author.

3. If there is no author, simply cite the article or website TITLE.
 * Do NOT cite the actual website!*

Works Cited:

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