ENGL 105 Mangin (Sp 2021)

Plagiarism, according to Encyclopedia Britannica, is " the act of taking the writings of another person and passing them off as one’s own". College of San Mateo has an explicit policy about plagiarism (see link below). Citing and plagiarism are linked. Follow the links below to learn what do you know about plagiarism so far.

All the exercises above were created by Cardiff University Library Service

• Formatting your paper in MLA style
• Sample papers
• Works Cited guide
• Sample citations by format

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• to acknowledge the information you used (and did not create yourself)
• to acknowledge the cited author's expertise (on which you relied writing your essay...),
• to allow the reader to find the source you are referencing, and
• to enable her to use the references as a starting point for her own research.

Citing is to research as "assist" is to goal in soccer (or another sport): record is kept (statistics) and rewards follow: recognition and remuneration.

NoodleTools is an online tool that helps you create citations and reference lists step-by-step. Try it, you'll like it!

The CSM Librarians created detailed guides on how to cite.