[MUSIC PLAYING] When you do research
for a paper or project, you need to cite, or
document, your sources. Your sources are the
materials in which you found the information that you used. It does not matter what
type of source it is. It can be in print or online. It can be an image
or a conversation. It can be copyrighted or not. Some examples of sources are
magazines, newspapers, books, interviews, music, web sites,
videos, charts or graphs. I could go on and on,
but you get the idea. All of these sources
were created by someone. Each work belongs to the
person who created it. The work is that person's
intellectual property. When you find a useful
bit of information, you may be thinking, wait, I
found this on the Internet. It was free. Why do I need to cite it? Remember, it does not matter
where you got the information. It does not matter if
you paid for it or not. It does matter that you're
using someone else's intellectual property. That's why you always have
to document your sources. When you document
your sources, you give credit to the person
whose ideas you used. You need to give credit when
you use an author's exact words and when you summarize
or rewrite their ideas. Not giving credit makes it seem
like the ideas are your own. If someone used your work, you'd
want to get credit for it, too. Using information from other
people without crediting them is called plagiarism. Another reason to cite
is to allow your reader to find your sources
for their own use. For example, they
may want to read one of your sources to learn
even more about the topic. Finally, citing sources
lends authority to your work and lets your teachers know
that you did your research. Showing that you got
your ideas from experts makes your argument
or case stronger. So now that you know you
need to cite your sources, let's find out how to do it. To cite means to identify the
sources you used in your work. Basically you write
down the details that will help someone
else find the source. For example, if you're using
the book, The Honey Bee's Hive, you'll need to
record, or write down, the following details
from the title page and the verso, or back
of the title page: The author -- Joyce Markovics; the
complete title -- The Honey Bee's Hive: A
Thriving City; the publisher -- Bearport Publishing; and
the publication date -- 2010. For Internet
sources, you'll need to include additional
information such as the title of the web page and the URL. For example, if you
used information from this National
Geographic Kids web site, the title of the web page is
"10 Facts About Honey Bees!" And, this is the URL. All of the details for one
source are called a citation. There are two places where
you might include citations in your paper. Your teacher may
require you to give credit for specific ideas and
quotations within your paper. This is called in-text
citation, and it lists the author's
last name and the page number where the information
was found in the source. Let's take a look at this
example from a research paper that uses a quote from the
book, The Honey Bee's Hive, by Joyce Markovics: It takes billions
of bees to pollinate California's almond
crop each year, which is a tremendous
job to manage. In the words of Joe
Traynor, a beekeeper, "You're really relieved when
it's all over" (Markovics 26). Notice the in-text citation. It includes the
author's last name -- Markovics, and the page
number of the quote -- 26, enclosed in parentheses. For any research
project, you must always include an alphabetized list
of all of the sources you used. This list is called a
bibliography or works cited, and it provides complete
information for each source. Sometimes you may
find a citation at the end of an article that
you found in a library database or in an online encyclopedia,
but most of the time you'll need to make
your own citations. There are rules for creating
proper citations, like what source details must be included
and what order to put them in. Citation Maker on OSLIS will
help you create your citations and your works cited list. That way, you don't have to
memorize the complicated rules. Citation Maker makes it easy. It is important to
cite the sources you use in your research. Do it right. Cite! For specific examples,
and for more information about this topic and the
entire research process, explore OSLIS. Thank you to Bearport Publishing
for granting permission to use their book in this video. OSLIS -- Learn to Research. Research to Learn.