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SPAN 3060: Spanish for Careers in Environmental Studies and Sustainable Development (Becher)

Write it Well

How do I avoid plagiarism?

  • Use your own words
  • Provide attribution when paraphrasing
  • Provide quotation marks, page number(s) and author's last name when quoting or using the same words of other authors in your in-text citations

Plagiarism, Patch Writing and Paraphrasing

graphic with definitions for plagiarism, patchwritting and paraphrasing

Citation Styles

For more information on citation styles see the Citation Style Guide.

 

MLA Overview

 

Books

Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird. Lippincott, 1960.

Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. City of Publication, Publisher, Publication Date.

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Articles

Llanera, Tracy. "Rethinking Nihilism: Rorty Vs. Taylor, Dreyfus and Kelly." Philosophy & Social Criticism, vol. 42, no. 9, 2016, pp. 937-950.

Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Journal, Volume, Issue, Year, pages.

 

Lukainoff, Greg and Jonathan Haidt. "The Coddling of the American Mind." The Atlantic, 1 Sept. 2015, pp. 42-52.

Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Periodical, Day Month Year, pages.

 Learn more:  Citing Periodicals

 

Web

University Libraries: University of Colorado, Boulder. University of Colorado Boulder, www.libraries.colorado.edu. Access 1 Jul. 2024.

Editor, author, or compiler name (if available). Name of Site. Version number, Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher), date of resource creation (if available), URL, DOI or permalink. Date of access (if applicable).

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* Note: in works cited pages, the second and subsequent lines of citations are indented by 0.5 inches to create a hanging indent. Learn more about formatting.