Introduction

someecards.com - To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.

Greetings and welcome to the MLA Plagiarism & Citing Sources module made available to you through the Library Learning Commons Links to an external site.!

Upon successful completion of the MLA Plagiarism & Citing Sources module, you will be able to:

  • Define plagiarism and how it impacts the credibility of work produced in the classroom and in the industry
  • Successfully paraphrase outside sources used in their work
  • Create appropriately formatted in-text citations consistent with documentation standards
  • Produce a list of sources that reflects paraphrased work and in-text citations and is consistent with documentation standards
  • Use information responsibly and ethically

This course is broken up into the following sections:

  1. Introduction: Includes a brief introduction and pre-assessment discussion board post.
  2. What is Plagiarism?: Sometimes we don't know what we don't know. This section is intended to give you some sources to help define what plagiarism is out there in the big world, as well as how it is defined here at Lake Washington Institute of Technology Links to an external site.. Two videos are included to give you an idea of what plagiarism includes.
  3. Works Cited in MLA Format: Describes what MLA format is, why it is important, what it looks like, and points to tools that can be helpful to you in completing a MLA-formatted Works Cited page. An assignment is included in this section that will get you to create your very own Works Cited page! I know, exciting right?!?
  4. In-Text Citations in MLA Format: In-text citations are so tricky! And sometimes we don't even know what that means: in-text citations? What is that? Well this section introduces you to in-text citations, why they are important, and then you get a chance to try your hand at creating your own!
  5. Paraphrasing in MLA Format: Argh! This is the tricky one! Paraphrasing is the hardest hurdle to overcome in successfully using resources responsibly, but this section will give you an overview of what paraphrasing is and what it looks like. A paraphrasing assignment is included so you can try your hand at creating your very own paraphrased statement. Once you get this down you can rule the world!
  6. Avoiding Plagiarism: The final stop in the MLA Plagiarism & Citing Sources module. In this section you will complete an online discussion board post that answers a few questions about what you have learned about plagiarism and citing sources.

Assignments are included throughout the MLA Plagiarism & Citing Sources module and I will be creating examples to follow along. The citations I will be creating and referencing will be: (a) one government website, (b) one journal, and (c) one book, which is the same as your assignment.

Reviewed by:

Heath Davis, Faculty Librarian

Grace Lasker, Faculty

Cheyenne Roduin, Faculty Librarian

Carol Rypkema, Faculty