* Informational Writing: Citations

Why do you need to cite your sources?

• If the words and ideas did not come from you, you need to give credit to the people that did write it!
• It tells your readers where they can go to learn more about the topic.
• It helps you avoid plagiarism - a big word for letting others think the ideas and words came from you. Plagiarism can lead to consequences, for e.g. 0 points and/or being asked to redo your work. 

Organize your citations within NoodleTools, found in Clever: 

Databases

1. ScholasticGo! - copy and paste the citation into NoodleTools
2. All other databases:
   1. click on cite this article, cite, or source citation
   2. export the citation to NoodleTools 

Books

1. in NoodleTools select new source and select print or in-hand
2. select Book
3. under import, select title and type in the title of your book, then select search
4. select your book and click on Import Selected Source

Go to Flocabulary and watch Works Cited.

Go to Flocabulary and watch Plagiarism.