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Becoming A Master Student, Concise, Tenth Edition
Dave Ellis
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Evaluating Internet sites and their content is an important step in researching information online. The Internet is the largest and most accessible information resource ever. Materials posted to web sties are protected by copyright laws and must be treated just as you would any other form of written expression. Using these materials in research papers or other assignments requires that you to cite the sources exactly like you would print matter in a bibliography. Add the electronic address by including the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) at the end of the entry, with the date that the material was last updated or posted. For example, an MLA style entry would look like this:
"How do I document sources from the World Wide Web in my works-cited list?" Frequently Asked Questions posting. Modern Language Association on the Web. 15 May 2002. WWW.MLA.ORG
If your professor requires that you use APA style citations, you can access information on the American Psychological Association web site at http://www.apastyle.org/.
Here are two sites that will produce the correct citations for you after you plug in the necessary information. They are great for both print and Internet sources.
http://www.landmark-project.com/citation_machine/cm.php
http://www.noodletools.com/quickcite/
Failure to cite sources properly will result in plagiarism, an offense that will not only damage the integrity of your scholarly work but can also carry serious legal consequences. Schools and institutions are very vigilant about this and have heavy policies against student offenders. Being informed about the issue and learning how to cite sources is your best defense against plagiarism.
Go to http://www.plagiarism.org/research_site/e_home.html to find out more about plagiarism and how you can avoid it.
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