A citation reflects all of the information a person would need to locate a particular source. "A quotation from or reference to a book, paper, or author, especially in a scholarly work," (Merriam Webster) 

We need to give credit to the authors of the work that you are using. You don’t want to take information made or created by someone else without citing your sources. 

Plagiarism is the process of taking other people's words and/or ideas and pretending that they are your own. 

Use a plagiarism checker to check your work:
Plagiarism Checker 1
(Use Quick Search)
Plagiarism Checker 2
Plagiarism Checker 3

Find tools and sources for
Global Issues Project!

Abandoned Pets/Animal Rights
Book List
Websites

Bullying
Book List
Websites

Child Labor
Book List
Websites

Environment
Book List
Websites

Girls Education (Malala)
Book List
Websites

Use iPac to search for physical items in the South IMC.
-Books (Fiction, Non Fiction, Biography...)
-Magazines
-References
-AV Materials (Playaways and CDs)

Use Sora to search for items in electronic format. Sign in with school username and password.
-ebooks
-Audiobooks

Citing an Image:
If the digital image does not have a title, include a description of the image. 
If the picture was found using Google Images, do not cite Google Images as the publisher. Instead, click on the picture and use the information from the website that is hosting the picture.

Photo Search:
Classroom Clipart
Creative Commons
Photos for Class
Pic4Learning
Public Domain Pictures

Badgerlink
Open Badgerlink
Under "Get Started," select "Middle School Student" under "Browse By Audience."

You can search alphabetically for Databases.

Here are the most commonly used Databases:

1. Has Citation Maker
2. Can save article to Google Drive

1. Can Save article to Google Drive
2. Has Citation Maker

SIRS 
Open SIRS
Username: southms
Password: falcons
1. Can Save article to Google Drive
2. Has Citation Maker


Scholastic Go
Username: southjhs  
Password: cesa10
1. Has Citation Maker
2. Videos/Images Available

Use MyBib to collect Citations (easy version of EasyBib)
Or
Use EasyBib to collect citations
 

MLA Rules:

• Create your Works Cited Page on a separate page at the end of your research paper. 

• Label the page Works Cited (do not italicize the words Works Cited or put them in quotation marks) and center the words Works Cited at the top of the page.

• Only the title should be centered. 

• Double space all citations, but do not skip spaces between entries.

• Indent the second and subsequent lines of citations by 0.5 inches to create a hanging indent.

Sample Works Cited Page
Link