General Information and Guidelines
about Using Sources in Your Writing
(Sources You Find through Research or Sources Provided for You in Class)
General Information
OVERVIEW of Summary, Paraphrase, Quotation, and Documenting Sources
Deciding Whether to Quote, Paraphrase, or Summarize
Summary
Creating a Sentence Outline for Summarizing
Informative and Descriptive Summaries
Example -- Summarizing a Paragraph
Example -- Summarizing an Essay
Possible Answers to Summary Exercises
Paraphrase
Quotation
QUOTATION PAGES TO BE ADDED
Plagiarism and Common Knowledge
PLAGIARISM PAGES TO BE ADDED
What is Common Knowledge? What Do I Have to Document?
Incorporating / Integrating Sources Into an Essay
MLA Notes on Signal Phrases and Parenthetical Citations
Writing the End-of-Text Works Cited Page
Sample Works Cited Entries -- note: no indentations given
Sample Works Cited Entries and Corresponding In-Text Citations