Plagiarism

If you don’t give credit for your sources you may not get credit for your assignment. Your teacher(s) and/or the school administration may also decide on other disciplinary action.

Most teachers will ask you to use MLA format (9th edition) for your citations:

• To cite a book:
  • Author’s Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. Edition if given and is not first edition, Publisher Name, Year of publication.
  • Example:
    • Smith, Thomas. The Citation Manual for Students: A Quick Guide. 2nd ed., Wiley, 2020.
• To cite a website:
  • Author’s Last Name, First Name (if known). “Title of article.” Title of Website, Name of Organization Affiliated with the Website, date of copyright or date last modified/updated if available, URL. Accessed Day Month Year site was visited.
  • Example:
    • “Top 10 Women’s Ice Hockey Players of All Time.” Rookie Road Sports Encyclopedia, Digital Sports Holdings, Aug. 2023, www.rookieroad.com/ice-hockey/top-10-womens-ice-hockey-players-all-time-5859181/. Accessed 14 Jan. 2024.

If you want to use your computer to make citations, try one of these online citation machines:

Scribbr Citation Generator – you can also use this site to check for unintended plagiarism
Easy Bib
Citation Machine

Still not sure why you need to cite your sources? Check out the video below.