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Words that begin with P
Research Sources
Copyright
Formatting the List
MLA Potpourri
100
Using another person's words or ideas in a paper without giving credit.
What is plagiarism?
100
An online Encyclopedia that is one of the Middle School's databases.
What is Encyclopedia Britannica?
100
One of the databases you use for copyright friendly images?
What is Image Quest, Encyclopedia Britannica, Creative Commons, and others.
100
When using MLA in your works cited. The entire page should be in this spacing?
What is double spacing?
100
When you quote an author, you use this punctuation.
What are quotations?
200
To summarize or rephrase another person's writings in your own words.
What is paraphrase?
200
When writing your research paper, you do not need to cite this type of information.
What is Common Knowledge?
200
This is the law that allows schools to use copyrighted work.
What is Fair Use?
200
This is how you arrange the sources in a works cited or bibliography.
What is alphabetically or alphabetically by author's last name.
200
This citation tool makes it oh so easy to cite sources
What is Easybib
300
Another name for an in-text citation.
What is a parenthetical citation?
300
Name two types of website domains that are considered to be credible sources
What is .edu .gov
300
n.p.
What is no publisher?
300
Another name for a "works cited" page in Chicago?
What is a bibliography?
300
In former editions of MLA, titles of books were underlined, now this is used
What are italics?
400
When a copyright license has expired, the work is considered to be this?
What is in the public domain?
400
A database that helps you find current and past newspaper articles?
What is Proquest?
400
A clear way to define the copyright of your creative work so people know how it can be used.
What is license?
400
In Chicago format we use this instead of MLA in-text citations.
What are footnotes?
400
Give an example of a type of "medium" that you would include in an MLA citation.
What is print, web, dvd, photograph etc..
500
Publications such as magazines, journals, and newspapers that are published on a regular schedule
What is a periodical?
500
A research database where you can find magazine articles, journals, newspaper articles, and images
What is Ebsco
500
These are two other factors of Fair Use other than for School Use.
What is parody, nonprofits, the amount and substantiality of the work, the effect of use upon the market place.
500
In a MLA book citation, if the book does not have an author, this would be the first entry in your citation.
What is the book title.
500
Web citations include this element when the site may be difficult to locate through a basic search, or when required by an instructor.
What is the website address URL or address?