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Okay, friends. So it seems like we're having a big issue with citations are really, really big issue. And so I wanted to make sure that you understand how critical it is that you cite things correctly. Because if not, you could be flagged for plagiarism. So when you're citing, especially in text, you're going to cite any quotes or ideas that do not come directly from you. So think about that. If you're reading an article and you get an idea, but you paraphrase it, you still need to cite it. If you directly take the quote, you still need to cite it. And when we talk about citing, what we mean is that what you're going to have is quotation marks. So I'm at the page Rey set a few of you to the Purdue OWL. And this is an excellent resource for APA style. And so what this does is it helps you understand how the site things both in text and with your reference list. So the first example that I'm going to give you is going to be from my dissertation. And so what I want you to pay attention to is how things are sided. So first off, you see right here that anytime there's going to be quotation marks, I have the name, the year, and then I have the page number. So every single time that they're quotation marks, I have all three of those. If it's a situation where there's a paragraph, then you're going to see PAR a and then the paragraph number. And what that means is that you literally have to count down through all the paragraphs to find the paragraph. So again, if you're going to have quotation marks, then you need to make sure that you are siding with the name, the year, and the page. Now, what somebody you might notice is that there are things that don't have page numbers. And that is when I'm paraphrasing or I got the idea. That's the only time that you are not going to have quotation marks. So if I'm looking through your articles or excuse me, your journal entries and I see the reference, the in-text citation without quotation marks, I'm going to assume. And the plagiarism software to it should show that those are not direct quotes, that there's only paraphrasing or that you got the idea from it. And so as you look every single time, even if I start this way, name at the beginning, I still have the page number at the bottom every single time. And so when I saw a few of you doing is stating that the article by John Smith of XYZ, you don't need to have that. There's no reason to state the name of the article. As long as you have the name of the author are names, and then the year that they wrote it. That's only, only things you need to have. And so if you go to Purdue OWL, this is what will help you with is the APA citations. And understanding how to use it right here tells you exactly what to do. Abbreviation for page, multiple pages, and then the year and the name. And so it's really important to understand that this is the correct way to say if you use APA, there's MLA citation that you Giza, if you use MLA within your discipline, they use that. Again, that one also uses page numbers. But it's really important that you do that. If for a chant, you do need to use the, the title of your source within the paper. It explains exactly how it should be put within the paper. Some of you are not capitalize anything. I can't tell if it's an article, paper wherever it is. This is the correct way to do it. And so I would really urge you to go through it and to see the correct way to say it, because you are losing points, because the citations are correct. The next thing is when we talk about long quotes. So if you have a quote that's going to be over 40 words, you'll need to use the word, the word ping to, um, find out how many words, how long it is. And so then if you have a long quote that needs to be indented, and this shows you how to indent. And so this is a skill that will carry you through the rest of college, grad school if you get your masters, peachy wherever it is. This is a skill to learn how correctly, because it'll save you from losing points or even being flagged for plagiarism, which is what you do not want to do. So it also helps you understand if you can't find pages or whatever it is, helps you understand how to use this. So now, if we're talking about your reference list, I saw a lot of people are just kind of putting things on there. Without actually putting a correct reference list. And so the reference list, it explains exactly how to put it, what the order needs to be. This will help you immensely of knowing how they have a correct reference list. Now, I'll tell you a little secret. Inward. You can actually develop your reference list without even having to do much work. And so if you'll see down here, I have my reference list. So it's going to be n needs to be alphabetical order. And here's the way that word does it. So if you want to have an easy way, do your references, your references. And then from that point you'll see this right here. This is going to be, this is the main thing you can decide, okay? Whichever way you need to, wherever we decide, it will do it for you. And so what I mean by that is you'll click that. Then you'll hit Enter citation. And it will literally lead you through how the site for your references. You just put all the information in here. If it's from a website, if it's from a book, a book section. So please note that if you're using the textbook, you still have to cite it this way a lot people just put textbook that's not the correct way aside it, you need to come here and see if the book, it has sections that you are doing with different authors or if the book is just written by one person. So you put all the information here. What that then gives you is the citation list, which will pop out on the right side. So it will put all your citations right here for every eternity. So what that means is say you're writing something and you want to say an author and not have to do it by yourself, you will literally just click. And it should get, there we go. It's taking a second and it will place your citation right there. Boom, excited. So again, we said that you're going to have to add the page numbers. And so one way to do that, I don't know why my computer is taking forever. Lord, have mercy. So one way you do that is you're going to click on it. You see the arrow. And then once you hit the arrow, you're going to hit Edit, citation. And then you add the page number. Boom. And so that right there. We'll then add the page number without you having to do it. So now you have a complete citation without even having to worry. And you can do that every single time with everything you need to cite. And this will make it way easier and it'll make your citations correct. But then say for instance, if you're in another class and you're like, I cited all this stuff in the other class. War I were used or citations, have no fear. Good citation, source manager. Every single thing that you've put into the reference list is here. Every single thing. And all you need to do is click it, push Copy. It will go to the current list. You push close in OB right there. Boom. It's done that simple and this way will make your life so much easier with your citation. It'll make it easier because they're all be correct. Your references will be correct, your in-text citations will be correct, and you will not lose points off of this. I strongly urge you to not mess around with your citation and to make sure every single quote idea that whatever it is, is cited, It's just living by the mantra of his better safe than sorry. It's better safe. They cite these things versus not cited and it's flagged you for plagiarizing something. So keep that in mind. Whenever you are going to your reference, those moving forward or your in-text citations. It's really important that you are focused on the citations, right, of the year, the name, and the page numbers. Any single time that you have your direct quoting. Anytime you're paraphrasing, then what you're gonna do is you're just going to have like this right here. You're going to have just the name and the year. So friends, I hope this helped you out if you have any questions about how to cite correctly, I'd rather you ask me then just say incorrectly because this is a skill that is going to be critical to your success and not eat these flag. Thanks for listening.

Jen Fry Citation Video

From Jen Fry February 2nd, 2022  

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