Bibliography+Guide

**//"Adam was the only man who, when he said a good thing, knew that nobody had said it before him.” -// Mark Twain -**
 =//Writing a Bibliography : the importance of citing your sources //=

For everything you write, you need to cite the material you have used and create a bibliography. In this way you give credit to the people whose ideas and research you are using for your piece of work. Plagiarism occurs when you do not do this, deliberately or inadvertently. Here are some tips and tools to help you do the right thing!

=//What is Plagiarism? //=
 * ====Buying or downloading a paper from a research service and offering it as your own. ====
 * ====Turning in another student's work, with or without that student's knowledge, as your own.====
 * ====Copying any portion of another's work without proper acknowledgment====
 * ====Copying material from a source, and citing the source properly, but leaving out quotation marks or failing to indent properly.====
 * ====Paraphrasing ideas and language from a source without citing it.====

=//Copyright and Fair Use //= ====Anybody who creates something (a book, music, a film, etc.) becomes the owner of the copyright to that creation. No one else is allowed to use this creation without permission from the author/creator. Copyright is a way of protecting the rights of the creators of great books, wonderful music and awesome films, to name a few.==== ====Fair use refers to the accepted use of other people's works, that are copyrighted. Generally, the **//'reproduction of a small part of a text to illustrate a point'//** is accepted in educational institutions. It is quite a vague area, and you should be very careful when reproducing text/music/film or anything else from a source without asking for permission from the author/creator of the work.====

=//What are the consequences of plagiarism?// =

You may earn a zero mark for the paper, you may fail the whole course or you may even face expulsion from school. See our College Academic Honesty Policy --->

=//How does a student avoid plagiarism?// =

Always give credit where credit is due. In other words, learn to acknowledge your sources. You must learn to cite your sources within your text and in a bibliography or list of works cited at the end of the paper. Click here for information on paraphrasing (using someone else's information, but putting it into your own words):

//Keep track of your sources while doing research //

 * You may want to open a [] account for quick, **online storage of your bookmarks.**
 * You can use Zotero for a great online tool for keeping your notes and sources organised.
 * You may also want to open an [|iGoogle] account--do you have gmail? Google Reader?
 * See this link for **Notetaking forms and sites**
 * ** Or you can keep your citations simply in a Word file on your laptop. **

===//Citation Style: Dulwich College Shanghai uses //=== Login email: **dcs.librarian@gmail.com**, password: **dulwich**. NB: Contrary to rumours regarding changed MLA guidelines, students have to cite online sources in full, at all times.
 * Dulwich College Shanghai has adopted the **MLA style ** (7th edition) throughout Senior School.
 * A full-text version of the "MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers" is available here.
 * The "MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers" is also available in print, as a reference resource, at the Senior Library (REF 808 MLA).
 * The official name for a bibliography under MLA is "Works Cited", but you can use "Bibliography" if you want.
 * The bibliography has to be in alphabetical order, by first word, either the last name of the author, or the title of a book or website. Do NOT organise the entries by genre or type of material.
 * If you want to add a list of sources you have consulted, but are not citing in your essay, you need to list these separately and make clear they are just consulted works.



=<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//Citation Machines// =

O nline citation machines are hugely helpful. They help you to keep track of your sources, to choose the right format for all your different sources and to produce a bibliography efficiently and quickly. Simply type in all the information (make sure you have enough to create a citation, e.g. article titles, authors, publication dates, journal titles, date of access to websites, etc.), choose MLA style, and it will create a cut-and-paste citation in seconds.

=**//<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">In-text Citation //**=
 * Every source in your bibliography needs to be referred to in your essay. You do this through 'in-text citation'. In MLA style the in-text citation is simply the name of the author plus page number. Example: Some say the Library is too noisy at break time (Van Engelen 378). This citation refers to the book by Van Engelen, on page 378. Try to vary the way you cite in-text. Example: Van Engelen (378) says the Library is too noisy at break time.
 * If you are quoting an author literally, the quote is put in quotation marks, with the citation in brackets after it. Example: "The Library is too noisy at break time." (Van Engelen 378)
 * Paraphrasing (putting someone else's ideas in your own words) also requires an in-text citation.

Tip: Only add diagrams and other images to your extended essay if you are referring to them in your text. The IBO has made a comment on this. So only citing them in your bibliography is not enough!
==<span style="color: #034003; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">//Originality check// ==

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">The school has an account with Turnitin, where students can submit research papers for originality checking as well as proper use of citation. __All IB Extended Essays and other IB assignments will have to be submitted for an originality check.__ <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Students are responsible for submitting their own essays to Turnitin and discuss the report with their supervisor, to make sure that all sources used are cited properly.
 * <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">The percentage result in Turnitin does NOT mean you have plagiarised. **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">It means you have quoted sources other than your own. Your task is to make sure you have referenced all these sources in your text and cited them in your bibliography.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">3. Submit your paper under the appropriate 'assignment' (Extended Essay, TOK Essay, etc.).

 * ====It is your responsibility to share the final result of the report with your extended essay supervisor.====
 * ====you can resubmit your report, if corrections need to be made.====

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">For more information about __interpreting the originality report__: Guide to using originality reports in Turnitin Please contact Ms Marion if you have any trouble setting up an account or any other questions.