Writing Research and Citation

What is a bibliography?

A list of works utilized by an individual when researching a topic

When writing a paper, how do you go about making the reference material you've used your own?

By synthesizing what you have learned and sharing insights not found in your research.

CMS stands for?

Chicago Manual of Style

What is an important step to remember when using the new found knowledge from your reference material?

Cite your sources

A research question:

Focuses and guides the research project

What is true about including a Works Cited page?

It is required if you have borrowed words or ideas from any sources.

What is the last step in your writing process?

Make it your own

What is the proper reference page APA citation for the book The Spellbinder's Gift by Og Mandino?

Mandiono, O. (1995). The spellbinder's gift. New York, NY: Random House, Inc.

What does MLA stand for?

Modern Language Association

What type(s) of reference materials does Google News have indexes?

Newspaper and online news information

During which step do you narrow your ideas down to only one topic?

Preliminary research

There are a variety of reasons why an author may choose to include a bibliography with their work; what is not a reason to write a bibliography?

The author feels that the topic isn't important enough to do further research

What is not a standard formatting requirement for an MLA style paper?

The title of the page should be in all capital letters and underlined

What step involves writing one statement that contains your maid idea and the purpose of the project?

Thesis

What differentiates academic journal articles from magazines?

They are peer reviewed

What does it mean to plagiarize?

To steal or pass off the ideas or words of another as your own.

Assuming the letter X is the number of the footnote, what is a proper example of a CMS footnote?

X. Bob Jones, Painting Introduction (St. Louis: ZZ Publishing House, 2009), 29.

Do you need to cite a source when paraphrasing information using your own words?

Yes, always

What is an example of the proper APA capitalization for the title of an authored book on the reference page?

Appleseed, J. (1992). The best spots for planting: Apple trees in America. Oakland, CA: Made-Up Publishing Compant.

What is the correct order of the 5 steps to selecting and refining a research topic?

Brainstorm, preliminary research, analyze research, plan for the project, thesis

You Works Cited page should?

Include all of the sources that you cited in the body of your paper.

What is the institute that hosts the website?

Sponsoring organization

What are the two factors that help you judge the worth of an article?

Sponsorship and peer reviewed

What is the correct APA format for citing the date a journal source was published?

(2012).

What best describes an annotated bibliography?

A citation of a source along with a brief description and evaluation of the source

There are two steps to properly citing your sources. The first is the _________, which gives the reader brief information about where the information came from. The reader can use the ________ to find more detailed information on that source.

In text-citation; Works Cited Page

Where should your bibliography appear?

The last page before the index