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About Citing Sources

Citing sources in your research has several benefits.

  • It gives credit where credit is due
  • It provides a path back to your sources for your readers
  • It is the right thing to do! You don't want to plagiarize, do you?

Ask in the Library for help! You can also check the Purdue OWL site and other links in this guide for online help.

Quote: Taking a direct quote from someone else? Be sure to put quotation marks around their words and cite them!

Paraphrase: Restating another person's writing? Be sure to cite them!

Summarize: Summarizing someone else work? Be sure to cite them!

Data: Referencing someone else's research, findings, or data? Be sure to cite them!

Charts/Graphs: Including someone else's charts, graphs, or other visual aids? Be sure to cite them!

Facts: Generally, when information is not well known, is specialized knowledge, or is in dispute or might be subject to interpretation, a citation is warranted.

Websites: Cite websites, just as you would print sources.

Class Discussions: Be sure to give credit for the ideas someone else raised in a discussion.

Your Own Work: Cite your own work, just as you would a published source.

When Don't We Have to Cite?

"You don't have to cite common knowledge. It's not always easy to know what will be considered common knowledge. You might think of common knowledge as information that can be found in a reputable general encyclopedia. (Example: George Washington was the first U.S. president.)"
—Middlebury Libraries

At MCC, depending on the course, you will be asked to use APA or MLA style for your research papers and projects. Each style has rules about how your paper and citations are formatted. Consult with your professor about which style is required.

MCC's Academic Integrity Policy

Honesty is expected of all MCC students. In academic matters, this includes the submission of work that clearly indicates its source. 

  1. Acts of dishonesty including but not limited to the following:
  1. Cheating, which includes, but is not limited to: (1) use of any unauthorized assistance from other persons or technologies in taking quizzes, tests, or examinations or in the preparation and completion of class assignments; (2) dependence upon the aid of resources beyond those authorized by the instructor in writing papers, preparing reports, solving problems, or carrying out other assignments; (3) the acquisition, without permission, of tests or other academic material belonging to a member of college faculty, staff, or students; or (4) knowingly providing unauthorized assistance of any kind to another for the purpose of providing unfair advantage to the recipient in the completion of course assessments/assignments (sometimes known as facilitation);
  2. Plagiarism, passing off the work of another as one’s own, which includes, but is not limited to, the use, by paraphrase or direct quotation, of the published or unpublished work of another person without full and clear acknowledgment. It also includes the unacknowledged use of materials prepared by another person or agency engaged in providing term papers or other academic materials via direct sale, barter, or other means.

Click here to read the full Student Code of Conduct.

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