Research Paper Exercises: Creating Works Cited Entries
Learn how to correctly format Works Cited entries for different sources like print books, journal articles, and online magazines. Utilize resources like "The Little Seagull Handbook" for guidance, and understand the simplified punctuation rules for creating accurate citations. Enhance your research paper skills by practicing exercises on using sources effectively and identifying issues in integrating material from references.
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The Research Paper Research Paper Exercises
Research Paper Exercise 1 Creating Works Cited Information You will be given publication information for three sources a print book, a journal article in an online database, and an article in an online magazine and you will need to prepare correct Works Cited entries for the sources.
Research Paper Exercise 1 Creating Works Cited Information Good Things to Know The correct formats are shown in The Little Seagull Handbook: A print book the format is shown in The Little Seagull Handbook, 3rdedition, page 145; 4thedition, page 176.
Research Paper Exercise 1 Creating Works Cited Information A journal article in an online database the format is shown in The Little Seagull Handbook, 3rdedition, page 140; 4th edition, page 171. An article in an online magazine the format is shown in The Little Seagull Handbook, 3rdedition, page 138; 4th edition, page 169.
Research Paper Exercise 1 Creating Works Cited Information The same type of information is presented in the webpages linked from our Preparing a Works Cited Page website.
Research Paper Exercise 1 Creating Works Cited Information Notice the simplified punctuation for Works Cited entries with commas and periods. Author. Title. and then for the first container, comma, comma, comma, comma, and ending with a period. What? See The Template for more information.
Research Paper Exercise 1 Creating Works Cited Information But The Little Seagull Handbook is your best resource for this exercise.
Research Paper Exercise 2 Using Sources This is a multiple-choice exercise that presents eight sentences that use supporting material from a source, and in each case, there is a problem with how material is used from the source. Your task is to identify what the problem is in each sentence that uses material from the source.
Research Paper Exercise 2 Using Sources The multiple-choice options are A) plagiarism = The writer has copied words from the source but has not put the words in quotation marks. B) an inaccurate quotation = The writer has put quotation marks around words but has not copied the words in quotation marks exactly as they appear in the original source.
Research Paper Exercise 2 Using Sources The multiple-choice options are C) material taken out of context = The writer has copied the words correctly but uses the words in a way that conveys a meaning not intended by the original source. D) an incorrect citation = The problem involves the way that the writer has cited the source of the information.
Research Paper Exercise 2 Using Sources Option D (an incorrect citation) is the easiest one to figure out: Only the last name of the author should appear in parentheses. If the full name appears in parentheses, then there is an incorrect citation. If the author s name is given in the sentence, then the name should not be given in parentheses.
Research Paper Exercise 2 Using Sources An important hint from the Exercise instructions: HINT: Each of the multiple choice options is the correct response to two of the sentences.
Research Paper Exercise 2 Using Sources Our exercise uses a passage from a source on Joyce Carol Oates Where Are You Going, Where Have you Been? but otherwise is the same as our Practice Quiz Using Sources.
The Research Paper Exercises Questions?
