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Understanding Documentation and...
Chapter Objectives
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This chapter concentrates on the basic principles for documenting sources properly, in order to avoid plagiarism and demonstrate the research conventions necessary within academic communities.
The chapter objectives that follow will help you figure out whether you have really mastered the material presented in this chapter.
After reading this chapter and completing its exercises, you should be able to:
- explain to another student how you know what to document in a reseach paper
- define the three different types of plagiarism
- understand strategies for incorporating and documenting quotes, paraphrases, facts, details, statistics, and visuals into the text of your written work
If, as you read through these objectives, you can already tell you need to review the chapter again or work on the exercises provided in the handbook, please do so. Once you feel confident that you have a solid understanding of the material, proceed to the exercises that accompany this chapter on the Website.
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