Cite Sources Quiz

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1. Which of the following is NOT a valid citation style?

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The citation styles you will run into most often are MLA, APA, Chicago (a.k.a. Turabian) and CSE (Council of Science Editors.)

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2. When you cite a work that does not list a publication date, you should

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Whenever you have incomplete information (often the case with web sites or unpublished materials) provide every detail you have, but don't make anything up.

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3. Which of the following do you NOT need to cite?

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Cite EVERYTHING that is not either your own discovery, idea, opinion, or else common knowledge. Common knowledge is subjective, but it generally means that the "person on the street" would know it and not even remember where they'd learned it. For example, "leaves are green because that's the color of chlorophyll" or "Earth is the third planet from the sun."

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4. When you are citing a source that isn't covered in your style guide, you should

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Style guides try to provide a format for every source in existence, but you may encounter a web site or unpublished material that doesn't fit any format exactly. Simply adapt the closest format. Focus on providing all the information that your reader will need to locate the information source you used.

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5. Why is it necessary to cite sources? (check all that apply)

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You cite so your readers can trace your intellectual footsteps back to the source of the information. Citing also serves as a professional courtesy to the researchers whose discoveries and ideas you are using. But citing has nothing to do with copyright. You can cite something and still be violating copyright, or you can legally copy something in the public domain and still be committing plagiarism.

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Which of the following is NOT a valid citation style?
When you cite a work that does not list a publication date, you should
Which of the following do you NOT need to cite?
When you are citing a source that isn't covered in your style guide,...
Why is it necessary to cite sources? (check all that apply)
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