the final senior research i really thought i was done…

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THE SOURCES

DATABASES

ADVANCED SEARCHES

REQUIRED SOURCES

PRINT

Currency

Reliability

Authority

Purpose and point of view

FAILURE TO USE CREDIBLE OR APPROPRIATE SITES

COMMON ERRORS IN

WORKS CITED AND INTERNAL CITATIONS

WORKS CITED FORMATTED INCORRECTLY

Double spaced- no extra spaces

All the same font and size, Work Cited Centered

Hanging indent for each entry

ABC order

WORKS CITED FORMATTED INCORRECTLY

Didn’t list the website title

Listed an author, but had no article

No database listed or just wrote Gale or Proquest

Missing publication info

Didn’t cite the article in the book

FAILURE TO INCLUDE ALL THE REQUIRED INFO

INTERNAL CITATIONS

FAILURE TO CITE A IDEA OR QUOTE THAT IS NOT YOUR OWN- EVEN IF YOU PARAPHRASED IT

Five sources listed

Only three cited in the paper

Citing articles not listed in your Works Cited

FAILURE TO CITE ALL THE ITEMS IN YOUR LIST OF SOURCES

Bertram, Angela. "Tornadoes." Notable Natural Disasters. Ed. Marlene Bradford and Robert S. Carmichael. Vol. 2. Pasadena: Salem, 2007. Print.

(Bertram 24)

Not (Notable Disasters)

INTERNAL CITATIONS –USE OF KEY WORDS INSTEAD OF WHAT COMES FIRST IN THE WORKS CITED ENTRY

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AVOID PLAGIARISM

Take careful notes- linking your notes to your sources.

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Four Sources

Only one Website

Must have one journal article

No Wikipedia

Must have one print article

FAILURE TO USE THE REQUIRED SOURCES

This was my best site- my teacher didn’t mean it