the final senior research i really thought i was done…
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THE F
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ENIOR
RESEARCH
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THE SOURCES
DATABASES
ADVANCED SEARCHES
REQUIRED SOURCES
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.
Be sure to cite all work and ideas that you use– even if you paraphrased it.
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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