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Identifying Reliable Sources
The CRAAP test has 5 main components:
Good Source Guidelines
What sources can be considered as credible?
What sources should be avoided?
NB! Wikipedia can never be considered as a reliable source of information since it can be edited by anyone (Therefore it is non-credible website example). However, it can be used when you are first trying to understand the topic. Moreover, there are lots of further links and references that can be useful when doing a research or writing academic papers.
Citing Sources Reliably
Above information comes from the following LibGuide:
Plagiarism
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Common types of plagiarism |
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Copy-and-paste plagiarism |
Copy-and-paste plagiarism, also known as direct plagiarism, means copying a passage from a source without a citation. If you want to use someone else’s exact words, you need to quote the source and cite it correctly. |
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Mosaic plagiarism |
Mosaic plagiarism means using various phrases, passages and ideas from different sources to create a kind of “mosaic” or “patchwork” of other researchers’ work, without proper citations. Although the result is a completely new piece of text, the words and ideas aren’t new. |
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Self-plagiarism |
Self-plagiarism means reusing parts of your own previous work (e.g. submitting the same paper to a different class or recycling a dataset) without acknowledging this. Self-plagiarizing is a problem because your readers expect the work to be new and original. |
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Global plagiarism |
Global plagiarism means submitting an entire work written by someone else. That includes having a friend write your paper for you or buying an essay from an online essay mill. This is considered the most severe form of plagiarism, because you’re deliberately lying about the authorship of the work. |
In-Text Citations
Both APA and MLA cite sources within a paper by using parenthetical, in-text references. MLA uses the author’s last name and the page number as reference. APA uses the author’s last name and the year of publication. If a direct quote is used, APA requires author’s name, year, and page number.
The examples below are based on an excerpt from page 39 of French author Fifi LaRue’s autobiography, My Fabulous Life, which was published in 1969.
Excerpt:
Paris in 1920 was simply exquisite! I embarked on my writing career that year and began building my reputation for letters among the Paris intelligentsia. Oooh la la! Fifi loved Paris and Paris loved her back, passionately and with wild abandon. I fondly remember 1920 as “L’anné Merveilleuse de Fifi.”
APA
Paraphrase or non-quoted reference
Fifi’s life was always flamboyant, but she remarked once that the year 1920 was her most marvelous year (LaRue, 1969).
Author’s name mentioned in the sentence
Fifi LaRue (1969) remarked in her autobiography that she looked fondly on the year 1920 as one of the most remarkable of her life.
Direct quote
Fifi remarked in her autobiography, “I fondly remember 1920 as ‘L’anné Merveilleuse de Fifi’” (LaRue, 1969, p. 39). LaRue (1969, p. 39) remarked in her autobiography, “I fondly remember 1920 as ‘L’anné Merveilleuse de Fifi.’”
MLA
Paraphrase or non-quoted reference
Fifi’s life was always flamboyant, but she remarked once that the year 1920 was her most marvelous year (LaRue 39).
Author’s name mentioned in the sentence
Fifi LaRue remarked in her autobiography that she looked fondly on the year 1920 as one of the most remarkable of her life (39).
Direct quote
Fifi remarked in her autobiography, “I fondly remember 1920 as ‘L’anné Merveilleuse de Fifi’” (LaRue 39). LaRue remarked in her autobiography, “I fondly remember 1920 as ‘L’anné Merveilleuse de Fifi’” (39).
Source: https://libguides.unf.edu/citationguide
Above information comes from the following LibGuide:
Interlibrary Loan (ILL) is a library service that enables current students, faculty, and staff to obtain materials that are not available in the LSUA Library.
Print materials can take one to two weeks to deliver.
Electronic materials can take one week to deliver.
What do I do if I find an source I need to ILL request?
Great question! When you happen upon a resource that requires ILL, it is a good idea to copy and paste the title into a Google search to see if you can possible find it online for free, without requesting or waiting. If you cannot find it for free, submit a request!
For more information, go to our Interlibrary Loan service page.
