According to the Treccani vocabulary, the word "plagiarism", in a literary sense, indicates "the fact of whoever publishes or gives as his own the literary, scientific or artistic work of others; also with reference to part of a work that is included in his own without source indication ". As a result, you use other people's ideas, works or words as if they were your own, or without recognizing the source. You can avoid this crime by simply giving the right credit to whoever is responsible. The three main citation modes are called APA, MLA and CMS.
Steps
Method 1 of 1: Make an APA Style Quote
Step 1. Make citations in your text
Insert parentheses containing the correct cross-reference immediately after directly using someone else's material. The APA style requires you to indicate the author and date. Example:
Bianchi (2013) argues that quoting can be tough. This means that if you write the name of the writer you are quoting, immediately after that you have to add the year of publication of the work in parentheses.
Step 2. Cite an author's publication
Publications include books, newspapers, newspaper articles, magazines, and so on. In his book, the author stated that "students tend to have trouble making citations" (Bianchi, 2002, p. 32), but he did not explain in detail why.
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Bianchi (2002) stated that "students tend to have problems quoting" (p. 32), but did not explain in detail why. The writer's surname, year of publication, and page number (preceded by a "p.") Should appear in parentheses after the quote. If you indicate the author's name in your sentence, this must be followed by the year of publication in brackets, while the citation must be followed by the page number, also in brackets. Follow the same procedures if the book has multiple authors.
Step 3. Cite a book written by various authors
The citation should include the surnames of the writers, the year of publication, and the page number.
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In the book, the authors stated that "quoting can be boring" (Bianchi, Ferrari and Rossi, 2013, p. 75).
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Bianchi, Ferrari and Rossi (2013) stated that "quoting can be boring" (p. 75).
Step 4. Make a quote even if you don't know the author
Instead of using the writer's name in the quote you entered in your text, use the title of the publication followed by the date.
One study determined that "the sky is actually blue" ("Obvious Observations", 2013)
Step 5. Mention a website
If possible, cite a website as if it were any document. Use the method that requires you to indicate the name of the author followed by the date. Another study showed that "the clouds are white" ("Other Obvious Observations", undated, para. 7). If you don't have this information, use an abbreviated version of the site title in parentheses, accompanied by "undated". If a site has no page numbers, indicate the paragraph you quoted from by writing "paragraph", followed by the respective number.
Step 6. Cite communications or personal interviews
Personal exchanges, such as e-mails and interviews, are not considered recoverable data, so they should not be recorded in the bibliography at the end of the job. In one message, it was determined that "the sky is indeed blue" (Gianni Bianchi, e-mail, August 23, 2013). Include relevant information - name of source, form and date of communication - in a cross-reference in parentheses, placed as close as possible to the phrase you have borrowed.
Step 7. Create a bibliography
In this section, you list all the sources cited in the essay. This list must be in alphabetical order. Keep in mind that all lines following the first line of each entry should have an indentation of 1.3 cm from the left margin.
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For a book that has one or more authors:
surname, initial of the name (year in brackets), title of the book. Place of publication: publisher.
If the book has no authors:
title of the book (year). Place of publication: publisher.
For a website:
surname, year (publication date). Title of the document. Address of the site from which it was taken. If you don't have a date, write without date. If you don't know the author, indicate the title of the document and the date."
Make an MLA Style Quote
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In your text, insert a reference to the source in parentheses immediately after indicating the borrowed phrase. The specific way depends on the type of source you got the sentence from.
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In your text, cite a publication written by a well-known author (book, magazine, newspaper article, newspaper). Quote a word or phrase, followed by the writer's name and page number in parentheses. If you refer directly to the author's name (for example, write "According to So-and-So …"), you don't have to add it to the cross-reference in parentheses.
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At the beginning of the twentieth century, the employees of the food industries of Milan "were by now tied to the machinery, and that bond would last for life" (Bianchi, 99).
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According to Gianni Bianchi, the employees of the Milan food industries were linked to machinery and that bond would last for life (99).
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In your text, cite a work written by various authors. If a maximum of three writers are to be named, list all their surnames alphabetically in parentheses, followed by the page number. If you need to mention more than three authors, write the surname of the writer that appears first in alphabetical order, followed by "and others" and the page number.
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Three or fewer authors
According to the authors, "quoting can be boring" (Bianchi, Ferrari and Rossi, 45). More than three authors:
According to the authors, "citing various sources can cause confusion" (Alberti et al, 63).
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In your text, cite a source that does not have a well-known writer. In place of the author's name, use an abbreviated title of the work.
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If you have to quote a line from How to Quote Well and Be Better Than Other Writers:
Citing sources can be annoying because it "takes time" (Come citare bene, 72).
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In your text, mention a website. Indicate the author of the site, the name of the site or the title of the article in brackets. You don't have to enter the page number.
The sky was blue, but "the clouds were white" (Obvious Observations)
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In your text, mention an interview or personal message. Indicates the first information that appears in the list of sources of the bibliography; usually, this is the surname of the interviewee.
An email confirmed that "the sky is indeed blue" (White)
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Create the bibliography. In this section, you must list all bibliographic information regarding each source that you have entered or cited in the essay. You should list them in alphabetical order.
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To quote a book written by an author:
surname, first name, title of the book. City of publication: publisher, year of publication. Medium of publication.
Note: The medium of publication for paper books is print. Other mediums include the web and radio. To quote a book written by various authors:
surname, name of the first author in alphabetical order, followed by the name and surname of the rest of the writers. Book's title. City of publication: publisher, year of publication. Medium of publication. To quote a book you don't know the author of:
title of the publication. City of publication: publisher, year of publication. Medium of publication. To quote a page on a site:
"article title". Site name. Name of the institution / organization affiliated to the site (sponsor or publisher), date of creation of the resource (if available; otherwise, it means "undated"). Medium of publication. Date of access.
Note: write n.d. if no publication date is specified. To quote a personal interview:
surname, first name of the interviewee. Personal interview. Date. To quote a published interview:
surname, first name of the interviewer. Interview with (name of the interviewee). Publication or program (year): page numbers (if available). Medium of publication. To quote a personal message:
surname, first name of the person who sent it. "Message title". Middle. Date.
Make a CMS Style Quote
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If you prefer footnotes or end notes to your own text, use the CMS style. It is useful for articles and research essays that have many sources and citations.
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Decide if you will use footnotes or endnotes. After each quote you make in the text, you need to add a superscript number (such as "²"). Each superscript number refers to a footnote or an endnote. The footnotes are found at the bottom of each page and include all the bibliographic information regarding the work you want to cite. Final notes appear at the end of an essay; their composition is similar to that of the bibliography, even if they have a different formatting (this will be discussed in the following passages).
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Create a quote in your text. Regardless of the length of the quote, enter a superscript number after making it. This number links to the footnote that appears at the bottom.
At the beginning of the twentieth century, the employees of the food industries of Milan "were tied to machinery, and this bond was lifelong"1
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Create a footnote or at the end of the essay. These types of notes are formatted in the same way. If you decide to use footnotes, place them at the bottom of a page where you used superscript numbers; these notes must be placed only on the page where these numerical references are found (each footnote must in fact correspond to each number indicated). If you decide to use endnotes, write them on the respective page under the title of Notes. This page should be the last of the essay. You must have a final note for each number used.
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Create a footnote or endnote for a quote from a book. You must indicate the following information: first name of the author, surname, title of the book (place of publication: publisher: year of publication), page number.
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At the beginning of the twentieth century, the employees of the food industries of Milan "were tied to machinery, and this bond was lifelong"1
1Gianni Bianchi, The Jungle (Rossi Publishers: 1906), 99.
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Create a footnote or endnote for a website. You must indicate the following information: name, surname, "title of the site page", organization that deals with it or name of the site in italics, date of publication and / or date of access (if available). If the site does not have an author, it indicates the following: "title of the site page", organization in charge of it or site name in italics, date of publication and / or access (if available), URL.
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Example of a site that has an author:
Gianni Bianchi, "Citing sources", Organization of Writing Fanatics, last modified 23 August 2013, www.blaciandoblabla.com Example of a site without an author:
"Citing sources", Organization of Writing Fanatics, last modified 23 August 2013, www.blaciandoblabla.com
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Create a footnote or endnote for an interview or personal communication. If it is an unpublished interview, indicate the following: interviewee's name (job), conversation with the author, date. For a published interview, indicate: name of the interviewee, interviewed by name of the interviewer, company or organization, date. For a personal communication, indicate the following information: name of the person, type of communication, date.
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Unpublished interview:
Gianni Bianchi (musician), conversation with the author, 23 August 2013. Interview published:
Gianni Bianchi, interviewed by Maria Rossi, Lovers of Music, 23 August 2013. Personal communication:
Gianni Bianchi, interviewed by Maria Rossi, Lovers of Music, 23 August 2013.
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Create a list of cited works or a bibliography. It is optional, it depends on the specific instructions you have been given about it. Only title this page "Works Cited" if you have listed sources that you actually cite in the essay. If you list both the works used for the research that you cited in the text and those that you did not cite, title it "Bibliography". The list of all works and sources must be in alphabetical order. To list cross-referencing material, follow the specific format provided for the source you are using. Here's how to do it:
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Books that have an author:
Surname name. Book's title. Place of publication: publisher, year of publication. Books with two authors:
Surname, name and surname, name. Book's title. Place of publication: publisher, year of publication. Sources with unknown author:
Book's title. Place of publication: publisher, year of publication. Website that has an author:
Surname name. "Title of the web page". Organization that deals with it or name of the site in italics. Date of publication and / or access (if available). URL. Site with unknown author:
"Site page title". Organization that deals with it or name of the site in italics. Date of publication and / or access (if available). URL. Interview published:
Surname, name of the interviewee, place where the interview was held, name and surname of the interviewers, date.
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