Strategic Communication

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Citations allow you to:

• Build the authority of your argument
• Allow your readers to find further information on your topic
• Build the authority of your argument with ideas from numerous sources
• Be a responsible researcher and avoid plagiarism 

Any time you write something that did not 100% come from your own brain, you need to site where you got the information. This means you will include a citation anytime you use some else's words or idea in your own work. Including:

• Direct quotes- full sentences or phrases expressing an idea
• Paraphrases- when you put someone's ideas into your own words (do not use quotations)
• Words or terminology specifically related to the author's ideas
• An author's line of argument or point of view
• Historical, statistical, or scientific facts. 
• Graphs, drawings, or images. 

You do not need to document:

• Proverbs, axioms, or well know phrases. 
• Common knowledge

If you are not sure, it is better to over cite and under cite. 

Direct citations mentioning the source

John Fontana and Elizabeth Montalbano (2008) point out, “the market for these low-cost machines is being driven by inexpensive bandwidth; the growth of services and cloud computing; and cloud-based processing, storage, management and associated IT services”(p. 12).

Direct citations not mentioning the source

"The market for these low-cost machines is being driven by inexpensive bandwidth; the growth of services and cloud computing; and cloud-based processing, storage, management, and associated IT services” (Fontana & Montalbano, 2008, p. 12).

Paraphrase mentioning the source

John Fontana and Elizabeth Montalbano (2008) note that low priced Netbooks are gaining share because of the relatively cheap Internet access capable of downloading large files; the wealth of Internet-based applications; and the ability for files to be created, produced, stored and administered on Internet hosted sites.

Paraphrase not mentioning source

Low priced Netbooks are gaining market share because of relatively cheap Internet access capable of downloading large files; the wealth of Internet-based applications; and the ability for files to be created, produced, stored and administered on Internet hosted sites (Fontana & Montalbano, 2008).

Book (1 author):

Bandura, A. (1997). Self-efficacy: The exercise of control. New York: W.H. Freeman

and Company.

Book Chapter (1 author):

Shearer, R. (2007). Instructional design and the technologies: An overview. In M. G.

Moore (Ed.), Handbook of distance education (2^nd ed.). (pp. 219-232).

Mahwah: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Print Journal Article (1 author):

DeTure, M. (2004). Cognitive style and self-efficacy: Predicting student success in

online distance education. The American Journal of Distance Education, 18(1), 21-38.

Print Journal Article (2 authors):

Curtis, D.  D., & Lawson, M.  J.  (2001).  Exploring collaborative online learning. 

Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 5(1), 21 - 34.

Electronic Journal Article (1 author):

Verdugo, R. R. (2011). The heavens may fall: School dropouts, the achievement

gap, and statistical bias. Education and Urban Society, 43(2),

184-204. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.

Electronic Journal Article (2 author):

Pray, L., & Ilieva, V. (2011). Strategies for success: Links to increased mathematics

achievement scores of English-Language learners. Teacher

Education and Practice, 24(1), 30-45. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.

Online Newspaper Article

Brody, J.E. (2007, December 11). Mental reserves keep brain agile. The New York Times. 

           Retrieved from http://nytimes.com

Website

Huffington, A. (2012). Huffington post. Retrieved 30, August,

           from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

Article/Blog Post From A Website

Fister, B. (2012). The library vanishes - again. Retrieved August 30, 2012,

           from http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/library-babel-fish/library-vanishes-again