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Chapter 9: Documenting Sources
Lectured by Mr. Ham KuntheaE-mail: hamunthea!yahoo.com
កលវទលយ វសន
Western UniversityWhere Quality Comes First!
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DOCUMENTING SOURCES
Documenting means showing whereyou got source information that's not
your own.
Documentation shows the reader what
ideas are yours and what information
and ideas you've taken from a source to
support your point of view.
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WHY DOCUMENT
By correctly documenting, you establish your
credibility as a writer and researcher.
When you don't document correctly, your
ACADEMIC INE!"I# can be called into$uestion, because it may seem as though you're
%assing o&& others' ideas as your own.
I& you don't document, you could inadertently()A!A"I*E. (lagiarism can be caused &or
dismissal &rom college.
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WHAT TO DOCUMENT
he basic rule &or documentation is+ Document
any s%eci&ic ideas, o%inions, and &acts that are not
your own. he only thing you don't hae to
document is common nowledge.here are two categories o& common nowledge+ in&ormation that's nown to the general %ublic and
in&ormation that is agreed u%on by most %eo%le in a %ro&essional &ield
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CAN YOU DOCUMENT TOO MUCH?
$f you find yourse%f needing to document
a%most every sentence& then it means you
have not thought enough aout your topic to
deve%op your own ideas.
( paper shou%d not )ust e a co%%ection of
others' ideas and facts.
*ources shou%d on%y support or sustantiate
your ideas. +he ru%e of thum is that wheneveryou use information from sources you shou%d
comment on the information.
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PLAGIARISM
"emember, een though you may
hae rewritten ideas and in&ormationusing your own words in a %ara%hrase
or summary, the ideas and in&ormation
are not yours. #ou must cite yoursource.
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Why is documentation im%ortant8
$t demonstrates your reader you have doneyour homework y consu%ting e-perts on the
su)ect you do.
$t gives proper credit to those sources.
$t informs the readers aout the specific
ooks& artic%es& or e sites you used.
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MLA Style
0orma% arenthetica% Citation (merican foreign po%icy has three principa%
aims 3undestad 124.
$f the name of the author is mentioned in thete-t& the citation inc%udes on%y the page
numer
(s eir 3undestad reports in The American "Empire" & (merican foreign po%icy
has three principa% o)ectives 124.
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APA Style
0orma% arenthetica% Citation (merican foreign po%icy has three principa%
aims 3undestad& 1!!& p. 124.
$f the name of the author is mentioned in thete-t& the citation inc%udes on%y the date of
pu%ication and page numer
(ccording to 3undestad& Certain constanto)ectives can e found in (merican foreign
po%icy 1!!& p. 124.
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Endnotes
7ndnotes are constructed in the samemanner as footnotes. +he on%y difference is
that the endnotes are %isted in se;uence on
their own page at the end of the paper&rather than appearing at the ottom of each
page.