MLA referencing podcast summary

1-What is plagiarism?
Using someone else’s words or ideas and representing them as your own.

2-What must you do avoid plagiarizing?
Take careful and accurate notes as you research.

3-What style of referencing is accepted at HCT?
MLA Modern Language Association
APA American Psychological Association

4-What are the five types of information that are often included when referencing from various sources?
Author’s name – Title of book - Date – pages - Publisher - magazine- web address .

5-When creating a reference for a book what comes first?
Author name

6-What is the second item of information in a magazine reference?
Article title

7-What is the last item of information in a magazine reference?
Page numbers

8-What is the third item of information when referencing a website?
The title of website.

9-What is the last item of information when referencing a website?
Date visited.

11-What comes before the URL in a database reference?
http://

12-Where is the bibliography?
At the end

13-What is in the bibliography?
References

14-When giving the author’s name which part of the name do you put first?
Surnames/Family name - Butterfild, Hedley

15-How do you order items in the bibliography?
Alphabetical

16-Besides, quotations, where do you use an inline citation?
Paraphrasing

17-What information goes in an inline citation?
Name – Date

18-Name one citation machine that can help you?
Easybib.com

19-Besides your teacher, who can help you with referencing?
Easybib.com

20-In Google type, ‘’HCT plagiarism.’’ Find the page which describes the consequences of plagiarism at HCT. State what this consequence is.
If you cheat you will be kicked from the college.

>>> Topic : Pollution <<<

The three references:

1- Gale Encyclopedia of Science. Ed. K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner. 4th ed.

2- UXL Encyclopedia of Science. Ed. Rob Nagel. 2nd ed. Detroit: U*X*L, 2007.

3- World of Health. Online ed. Detroit: Gale Group, 2007.