RESEARCH & DOCUMENTATION
Research & Documentation
• A research paper blends your ideas with ideas
and information from other sources.
• Documentation shows the reader what
information and ideas you've borrowed from
other sources.
• Writers who do not cite their sources are
guilty of plagiarism, or academic dishonesty.
You are GUILTY of plagiarism if you-• Pass off someone else's work as your own.
• Buy or copy a paper from a papermill, website, fellow
student, or other source.
• Copy sentences, phrases, or paragraphs from someone
else's work without citing them.
• Present someone else's ideas in your own words
without citing them.
• Mention facts or statistics (that are not considered
"common knowledge") without citing the source.
• Reproduce pictures, graphs, drawings, music, etc.
created by other people without citing the source.
DOCUMENTATION STYLES FOR EACH SUBJECT
• MLA STYLE
– art, architecture, classics, literature, music, philosophy, religion,
theater, dance, film, world languages, linguistics
• APA STYLE
– anthropology, business and economics, communication studies,
criminal justice, education, ethnic studies, geography, law,
political science, psychology, sociology, women’s studies
• CHICAGO STYLE
– world history, American history
• CSE STYLE
– biology, chemistry, computer science, engineering,
environmental science, geology, mathematics, health, physics,
astronomy
MLA Documentation
format for in-text citations and the
Works Cited page
YOU MUST INCLUDE AN
IN-TEXT CITATION WHEN…
• You borrow a direct quotation from a source.
– When you borrow the exact words from the
source, you are using a direct quotation.
– Direct quotations are always enclosed in
quotation marks.
• You summarize information you borrowed
from a source.
• You paraphrase, or restate, the language of a
source in your own words.
An in-text citation contains the author’s last name
and the page number, if available.
direct quotation
without author’s
name in the text
Even though many companies now routinely
monitor employees through electronic means,
“there may exist less intrusive safeguards for
employers” (Kesan 293).
Jay Kesan notes that even though many companies
now routinely monitor employees through
electronic means, “there may exist less intrusive
safeguards for employers” (293).
paraphrase or
summary of
information
without author’s
name in the text
direct quotation
with author mentioned
in the text
Many companies now routinely monitor employees
through electronic means (Kesan 293).
Jay Kesan notes that many companies now routinely
monitor employees through electronic means (293).
paraphrase or
summary of
information with
author mentioned
in the text
The Works Cited Page
• Ever in-text citation must link to one of the
sources listed on the Works Cited page.
Works Cited
Kesan, Jay P. “Cyber-Working or Cyber-Shirking? A First Principles Examination
of Electronic Privacy in the Workplace.” Florida Law Review 54.2
(2002): 289-332. Print.
Sample Research Paper
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