Referencing+and+Citation

Back to Learning Magnet ** Why is it important to cite your sources? **
 * 1) You are giving credit to the author of the original work, who provided you with the information or idea. One day, it will be your work that someone else is citing!
 * 2) You are demonstrating how much care you took to locate, explore, and understand the information available on your topic.
 * 3) You are giving others the opportunity to go to your original source to find out more and extend their own learning.
 * 4) Citing your sources helps you to avoid plagiarism.
 * 5) You are demonstrating respect, honesty and integrity, as well as your skill as a researcher.


 * Citation resources **

At ISL Qatar, the MLA citation format and style is used Sample Paper written in MLA Style (OWL Purdue)
 * [[file:ISLQ - MLA citation requirements.docx]]
 * [[file:ISLQ - MLA citation requirements.docx]]

EasyBib Referencing a website in MLA With screen shots to explain exactly what is meant by all the requirements for your Works Cited page.

EasyBib MLA 7 Reference Guide

EasyBib Understanding Citations

Social Media Citation Guide Blogpost, Youtube, Facebook page, email, tweets. || Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL)

OWL Purdue Formatting and Style Guide

A comprehensive guide to all aspects of referencing and citation.

Use the links on the home page to access help with:

how to format your paper how to format your Works Cited page in-text citations citing your references || State College of Florida Citing online images in MLA A straightforward list of requirements.

Bibme.org - Citing Photographs including photographs that you have taken yourself!

University of Maryland Helpful site, with examples for **in-text citations** and referencing

MLA 7 Cheat Sheet - Rutgers || in which the artist, writer, photographer, musician,moviemaker who created a work is given due credit,but also has the power to  allow others to use,remix and adapt his work if he so wishes. Creative Commons protects the original creator, and supports the community of artists. Creative Commons licences take the anxiety out of using images, music, video and other original work. Make sure you are familiar with Creative Commons licences. [|A selection of videos explaining what] [|Creative Commons is, and how to make] [|use of the licences.] || || Free to use images and music PublicDomain or Creative Commons
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 * Copyright and Creative Commons Creative Commons provides an environment

While this media is free to use, it still must be cited.

[|Using Creative Commons images from Flickr]

Wikimedia Commons - Images, sound, Video

If material is copyrighted, it cannot be used without obtaining permission from the creator - write and ask! || ** MLA Citations - Don't eat yellow snow ** ** Wayne Hodgkinson ** media type="youtube" key="UAGAqtHptd8?list=UUxxq7S57ftcth5L6IWF6O_A" width="560" height="315" 