Citation 2

Part 2: In-text Citations

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Citations

Dr. Hansen's

Practice is what makes citation easy!

Practicing your Skills

What does a citation actually look like in your writing.

Creating the Citation

You may wonder how to know when a citation is needed.

When do I cite?

In-Text Citations

Citations

In this series, you'll explore what kinds of information to cite and how to show the citation inside your writing.Click each tile to learn more.

In-Text Citations

Citations

Mozart died in the year 1791.

Sr. Montoya repeatedly challenges his opponents to prepare to die.

Jim Henson gave one reason to create Muppets: joy.

Halloween is on October 31.

"All that is gold does not glitter."

Tolkein suggested that special things like gold don't always show their value.

CSU stands for "Columbus State University."

"Each element was listed perfectly in its genre and style."

Paraphrase

Direct quotation

Knowledge confirmation

In-text Citations

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Citation

Drag each citation example to its general type. (Practice activity)

Now you can look at your "source notes".

Add the needed information

Whether it's a direct quote or a paraphrase, pinpoint its end for citation.

Place the citation at the end of the sentence(s)

You can't cite if you don't know your sources of information!

Keep track of all your sources while researching

In-text citations

Citations

The mechanics of making the in-text citation:Click each tile to note the steps for correct citations.

While there is debate on the issue, one researcher has concluded firmly that cats never apologize ______

In-text Citations

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Citations

You place the citations into this sentence. Drag a citation component into place one after the other.

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42

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Eliot

Carroll placed a value on exercising the imagination. This is best summed up in the White Queen's habit to believe "as many as six impossible things before breakfast

In-text Citationss

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Citations

Finish this citation by dragging the elements into place.

415

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Carroll

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Knowledge confirmation

Mozart died in 1791.

Halloween is on October 31.

CSU stands for "Columbus State University"

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Direct quotation

"Each element was listed perfectly in its genre and style."

"All that is gold does not glitter."

Paraphrase

Tolkein suggested that special things like gold don't always show their value.

Sr. Montoya repeatedly challenges his opponents to prepare to die.

Jim Henson gave one reason to create Muppets: joy.

There are three general ways to think about what you should cite.1. Verifying uncommon information. This kind of citation provides the backing for an idea or fact that you might know, but that your reader might not know. Citing a dictionary for the definition of a tricky term would be one example.2. Direct quotation. When you put the exact words that someone else has written or spoken, you surround it with quotation marks and you include a citation. "Use the Force, Luke." (Obi-Wan Kenobi).3. Paraphrase or re-wording. Often it works better to re-write someone's ideas so that the word flow fits your writing better. You still have to give credit. It's clear that Luke is encouraged to use the force. (Obi-Wan Kenobi).

At the end of this series, there will be a short quiz where you can demonstrate your in-text citation skills.Don't be frustrated if you don't succeed at first. Citation is something that gets easier the more you do it.The quiz grade here will be part of your Citations grade in Cougarview (see the module organizer for details)

Once you plan to put a citation in your writing, you must know how to format that citation.In this course, we'll use parenthetical citations, which are common to the APA and MLA style manuals. If you prefer to use footnotes or endnotes as in Chicago-Turabian, go right ahead, and ask Dr. Hansen if you need any help.Inside your writing, you'll put the citation at the end of the sentence or paragraph where that source's information or ideas was used. It will be surrounded by parentheses. It will include a signifier of the source, usually the author name. It may also include a page number or publication date.As they approached the Death Star, Han Solo uttered an ironic understatement that would return throughout the movies, "I have a bad feeling about this." (Lucas 43).

Don't wait till you start writing to have your citations ready. And don't wait till after your paper is finished to add the in-text citations!Every time you look at a new source, pause and write down carefully all the citation information: author, title, publisher/URL info. For print sources, note the exact pages you use for your ideas and quotations!

Now add the information. If there is an author, use their last (family) name.If it is a print source, add the page number.If it is an online source, usually you can add the year of publication.Don't add links!Then close the parentheses.

The study showed that people are careless with citations (Hansen 42)."Everyone lies" (House 2012).

Place an open parentheses at the end of the sentence or sentences you need to cite.Put the parenthesis inside (to the left of) the closing punctuation mark. (The video example was a little sloppy in that regard).Look at this sentence ( . I've opened a parenthesis to the left of the period.Here, let's try it again ( ."This is how you do it with quotes" ( .Close the quotation, then the parenthesis, then the period.

While there is debate on the issue, one researcher has concluded firmly that cats never apologize (Eliot 42).

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Carroll placed a value on exercising the imagination. This is best summed up in the White Queen's habit to believe "as many as six impossible things before breakfast" (Carroll 415).

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