Riverton CUSD #14 - HS|Research

HS: Research

Easy-to-Use Color-Coded Bibliography/Works Cited Instructions and Samples

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Note-Taking in Word

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Avoiding Plagiarism (a.k.a. Don't Be a Word Thief!)

Plagiarism is taking someone else's words and passing them off (whether intentionally or not) as your own. In order to avoid plagiarism, you must A) use quotation marks if you do want to use someone's words or B) express the ideas in . . . read more

Using Brackets and Ellipses

Ever wondered why authors put [brackets] around words in their articles or why they use ellipses...? These two punctuation marks are often used by authors to "doctor up" quotes that they want to use. You might want to use . . . read more

Choosing Whether to Paraphase, Summarize, or Quote

Use a quote (either from your author or from someone the author quoted) if: It is phrased so well that it just HAS to stay the way it is in order to really get the point across The author has quoted an expert or someone . . . read more

Digital Note Card Sample (Using PowerPoint)

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Sample Note Card (Index Card)

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Parenthetical (In-Text) Citations

The purposes of parenthetical citation are 1)to give credit to the source from which you got your information and 2)to allow your reader to see where you got your information so that he/she could find that source and get more information. . . . read more