Citations

How to Paraphrase

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End of Paper Checklist

Citations

  • Have you given credit to information from other sources?
  • Do you have appropriate parenthetical citations or footnotes?
  • Does every in-text citation have a complete, matching citation on your works cited page?

Works Cited / References List

  • Are the citations in alphabetical order?
  • Are the citations in the correct style and properly formatted?
  • Does each citation have a matching in-text citation in the assignment?

Overall Paper Presentation

  • Are there any spelling or grammatical errors?
  • Is your paper formatted according to your instructor's guidelines? (e.g., 1-inch margins for APA)
  • Have you remembered to quote everything taken directly from another source?
  • If you have borrowed an idea, did you put it in your own words (paraphrase) and cite the source?

Source: Information Literacy Instruction Discussion List

Subjects: Citations