Guidelines
(section 301)
Whenever you use someone else’s research or ideas (whether
quoted or paraphrased), you MUST give credit to the author. The accepted method
of doing this is to use the "parenthetical annotation" method.
Using paraphrases in your paper is appropriate, but you
must give credit to the author for the ideas or facts. At the end of the
information (before the end punctuation), in parentheses write the last name
of the author and the page number (no "P") where you found it. (See p. 296
of the booklet.)
| Example: …After
the information has been analyzed, it is sent to the higher centers of the
brain where a complete picture is put together. The brain then evaluates
the information and either stores it for later use or sends a return
message to the muscles and glands, which react appropriately
(Jennings 26). |
If you use a direct quote from a source, write the quote using the
appropriate quotation marks, then (before the end punctuation) add the
parentheses with the author’s last name and the page number (as with a
paraphrase).
| Example:
…"The cells that receive the information in the cortex of the brain are
arranged in a regular pattern in columns…. Each cell within each column
has a specific responsibility to…analyze certain kinds of incoming
information" (Jennings 26). |
