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APA Format and Plagerizing
APA Format
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/ resource/560/01/ http://www.apastyle.org/ Tutorial
Citations within the Paper
Paraphrasing Kessler (2003) found that among epidemiological samples… Early onset results in a more persistent and severe course (Kessler, 2003). In 2003, Kessler’s study of epidemiological samples showed that…
Citations within the Paper
Quotations within the Paper
Direct quotes author year of publication page number (preceded by "p."). Introduce the quotation with a signal phrase that includes the author's last name followed by the date of publication in parentheses.
Examples
According to Jones (1998), "Students often had difficulty using APA style, especially when it was their first time" (p. 199). Jones (1998) found "students often had difficulty using APA style" (p. 199); what implications does this have for teachers?
Quotations
If the author is not named in a signal phrase, place the author's last name, the year of publication, and the page number in parentheses after the quotation. Example She stated, "Students often had difficulty using APA style" (Jones, 1998, p. 199), but she did not offer an explanation as to why.
Quoting Web Info
If page numbers are not included in electronic sources (such as Web-based journals), provide the paragraph number preceded by the abbreviation "para." or the heading and following paragraph. (Mönnich & Spiering, 2008 para. 9)
The Reference List
All citations should be listed Put references in order by author’s last name or the first author’s last name (if there are multiple authors). Use hanging indent Double-space the entire reference list.
References
Author name or names Publication date Title of work Publication data
References
Professional Web site National Renewable Energy Laboratory. (2008). Biofuels. Retrieved May 6, 2008, from http://www.nrel.gov/ learning/re_biofuels.html
Sources Not Cited
“The Ghost Writer” The writer turns in another’s work (word-for-word) as his or her own. “The Photocopier” The writer copies significant portions of text straight from a single source, without alteration. "The Potluck Paper" The writer tries to disguise plagiarism by copying from several different sources, tweaking the sentences to make them fit together while retaining most of the original phrasing.
Sources Not Cited
"The Poor Disguise" Although the writer has retained the essential content of the source, he or she has altered the paper's appearance slightly by changing key words and phrases. "The Labor of Laziness" The writer takes the time to paraphrase most of the paper from other sources and make it all fit together, instead of spending the same effort on original work. "The Self-Stealer" The writer "borrows" generously from his or her previous work, violating policies concerning the expectation of originality adopted by most academic institutions.
Sources Cited (But Still
Plagiarized)
"The Forgotten Footnote" The writer mentions an author's name for a source, but neglects to include specific information on the location of the material referenced. This often masks other forms of plagiarism by obscuring source locations. "The Misinformer" The writer provides inaccurate information regarding the sources, making it impossible to find them. "The Too-Perfect Paraphrase" The writer properly cites a source, but neglects to put in quotation marks text that has been copied word-for-word, or close to it. Although attributing the basic ideas to the source, the writer is falsely claiming original presentation and interpretation of the information
Sources Cited (But Still Plagiarized)
"The Resourceful Citer" The writer properly cites all sources, paraphrasing and using quotations appropriately. The catch? The paper contains almost no original work! It is sometimes difficult to spot this form of plagiarism because it looks like any other well-researched document. "The Perfect Crime" Well, we all know it doesn't exist. In this case, the writer properly quotes and cites sources in some places, but goes on to paraphrase other arguments from those sources without citation. This way, the writer tries to pass off the paraphrased material as his or her own analysis of the cited material.
If you have a question about
plagarizm.
You can ask me. You can ask the writing lab. Remember copying and pasting anything is a bad idea.
