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Student Resources > Avoiding Plagiarism > How to Quote, Paraphrase and Summarize

 

 

The best way to avoid plagiarism is to know how to incorporate the words and ideas of other's into your work.  This page provides commentary and links to resources that explain and teach how to properly quote, paraphrase and summarize the words and ideas of others.

 

 

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Resources

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Ranked Choices (in order of relevance)

 

• #1 - How to Work with Information from Sources: Quotations, Paraphrases, and Summaries [TUTORIAL]

  Bedford Research Room

  http://bedfordstmartins.com/researchroom/sources/

Developed by Mike Palmquist, Professor of English and University Distinguished Teaching Scholar at Colorado State University, author of The Bedford Researcher and developer of the acclaimed online writing studio writing@csu, This tutorial walks the user through how to integrate sources through direct quotations, paraphrases, and summaries.  Each section includes examples from student writing, but there are no interactive elements in this tutorial.

 

• #2 - Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing [E-HANDOUT]

  The OWL at Purdue

  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/563/01/

Purdue's OWL (Online Writing Lab) was one of the first such online services and remains one of the most respected.

 

• #3 - Plagiarism - You can Avoid it   [POWERPOINT AND EXERCISES]

  http://wally.rit.edu/instruction/dl/cptutorial/

There are three parts to this tutorial.  The first part is a multiple-choice exercise that tests your understanding of plagiarism through situational examples.  The second part is a streamed PowerPoint presentation with audio that defines plagiarism and copyright and then discusses how to paraphrase and properly cite the words and ideas of others.  The final part is an exercise in paraphrasing and summarizing.

 

 

More Choices: Quotations (in alphabetical order)

 

• Bedford Researcher Companion Web Site [TUTORIAL]

  Mike Palmquist (2006)

  http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/bedfordresearcher/tutorials/ 

This is the online tutorial from the companion web site of The Bedford Researcher by Mike Palmquist, Professor of English and University Distinquished Teaching Scholar at Colorado State University and developer of the acclaimed online writing studio writing@csu.  Of particular note is  Chapter 13: How Do I Integrate a Quotation into my Draft?  Chapter 13 goes over integrating direct quotations into a sentence or paragraph with ample practice every step of the way.

 

• Quotations  [E-HANDOUT]

  The Writing Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/quotations.html

   

  This handout explains when one should quote, how to set up a direct quotation, how much to quote,  and how to use quotation marks. 

 

 

 

More Choices: Paraphrasing (in alphabetical order)

 

 

• Bedford Researcher Companion Web Site [TUTORIAL]

  Mike Palmquist (2006)

  http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/bedfordresearcher/tutorials/ 

This is the online tutorial from the companion web site of The Bedford Researcher by Mike Palmquist, Professor of English and University Distinguished Teaching Scholar at Colorado State University and developer of the acclaimed online writing studio writing@csu.  Of particular note is Chapter 10: How Do I Paraphrase a Source? Chapter 10 gives students a step-by-step approach to  paraphrasing sources with ample practice every step of the way. 

 

• Paraphrasing [TUTORIAL]

  Dalhousie University Libraries

  http://www1.library.dal.ca/kellogg/guides/Writing/paraphrase/

   

  A brief, non-interactive tutorial that defines paraphrasing and then offers "five easy steps to effective paraphrasing." 

• The Fraud of Plagiarism Center for 21st Century Teaching Excellence. [TUTORIAL]

  http://www.cte.usf.edu/plagiarism/plag.html

This tutorial primarily addresses the difference between plagiarism and paraphrasing with true-life scenarios on the impact of plagiarism.