Textual EvidenceHow to cite your sources

Avoid Plagiarism!!!As you already know, writing an entire paper

on something whose details you did not know and not giving credit as to where you got the information is PLAGIARISM!!!

You have to give the credit to the author.If no author is credited for an article on the

internet, then give credit to the website itself.

You must always introduce your quote!WRONG: "As a football player, you would play as part of a team in

a professional or semi-professional league." (Nationalcareerservice.direct.gov.uk)

CORRECT1. According to Nationalcareerservice.direct, "As a

football player, you would play as part of a team in a professional or semi-professional league."

2. Aspiring football players should know that they "would play as part of a team in a professional or semi-professional league"  (Nationalcareerservice.direct.gov.uk).

Your Turn:Take the following information and create a

sentence citing the information correctly.

A doctor will need at least 4 years of medical school.

www.careers.org

Some ResponsesAccording to careers.org, “[a] doctor will

need at least 4 years of medical school.”

It is important to know that doctors “will need at least 4 years of medical school” (careers.org).

The website indicates that a doctor “will need at least 4 years of medical school” to be a successful doctor (careers.org).

Book SourceAccording to Smith in his book Careers, “[m]ost jobs

require at least a high school diploma” (56).

It is clear to see that “[m]ost jobs require at least a

high school diploma” (Smith 56).

According to the book Careers, “[m]ost jobs require

at least a high school diploma” (Smith 56).

On page 56 of the book Careers, Smith says that

“[m]ost jobs require at least a high school diploma.”

Your TurnTake the following information and create a

sentence citing the information correctly.

Susan HoshBecoming the Best ProfessionalIt is important that you believe in yourself

and your abilities in order to be successful.Page 65

Some ResponsesAccording to Susan Hosh, “[i]t is important

that you believe in yourself and your abilities in order to be successful” (65).

According to the book, Becoming the Best Professional, “[i]t is important that you believe in yourself and your abilities in order to be successful” (Hosh 65).

On page 65 of her book, Susan Hosh explains that success will come when “you believe in yourself and your abilities.”