Assignment 6
Note: your assignment needs to be typed!
PART I. Issues of plagiarism - for help with the questions 1-5 revisit the course page, The case of plagiarism
1. What is the difference between a paraphrase and a quote?
2. Do you need to cite the original source when you use your own words to express another author's idea?
3. You are in the final stages of your research paper when you discover that you are missing the name of the journal where one of your article sources comes from. So, you make a guess as you put down the name of the journal for your bibliography. Is this considered plagiarism?
4. Using our library web page (http://campuslibrary.cocc.edu), where exactly would you go to find guidelines for the APA or MLA style of citation? Describe below providing exact and clear steps on the links you will need to use:
5. Respond to the following comparing the original text to the student's essay text:
Original source
from Michael Ventura's article "The Tools of an
Animal":
Different tools shape words differently, the way different tools build furniture
and shoes differently.... Pen and paper are slow and messy, of course. Modernity
loves speed and claims to hate mess. But speed is only a value when it's useful,
and it isn't always useful. Slowness can be useful too. Using an instrument that
doesn't let you go too fast can make you pause where you might not have, and a
pause at the right time can change or even save your life, not to mention your
work.
From the student's
essay:
Most writers have come to depend on computers, and they can't imagine writing a
paper without one. But, in an essay titled "The Tools of an Animal," Michael
Ventura (1994) reminds us that sometimes computers
aren't the right tool for a writer's task, sometimes using an instrument that
doesn't let you go too fast can make you pause at a crucial point
where you might not have -- and this pause may
save your work from failure
References:
Ventura, M. (1994, April 7). "The Tools of an Animal."
The Independent Weekly, p.5.
Retrieved
November
25, 2007,
from Lexis-Nexis database.
Explain why there is or is not plagiarism in the passage from the student's essay:
Part II. Web searching tools
For help with questions 6 & 7 revisit the course pages, Searching the free web and The world of Google and other web search tips
6. What are the advantages of using Google Advanced search?
7. What is the difference between search engines and subject guides?
For help with the rest of the questions revisit the course page, The web world to government information
8. a.
What web
search tools would you use to find government information on
a topic?
b. Where are these web tools listed
through our library's web page?
9. What
can be two general subject areas, other than politics and
law, for which you would expect
to find useful government information?
Use USA.gov for help.
10. Which of the topics below are good candidates for government information? Mark all that apply!
___ statistics on school dropouts
___ photos from space missions to Mars
___ a critique of the novel Elmer Gantry by Sinclair Lewis
___ information on experiments with a new arthritis medicine.
11.
What are some good reasons to use government sources in your assignments and papers?
12. Where can you find live, expert help for questions on government information?