How Can I Cite?
What?
Using the author’s exact words
How?
Use “quotation marks” to mark someone else’s words
Why?
- To support or add credibility to your arguments.
- When the original is difficult to rephrase.
- When original wording is great!
Source: Caravello, P. (n.d.). Avoiding Plagiarism: Strategies & Resources. Presentation.
What?
Condensed/distilled version of the author’s words or ideas
Why?
- To include only main points of the original text
Tip:
A summary is shorter than a paraphrase and covers main points only.
Source: Caravello, P. (n.d.). Avoiding Plagiarism: Strategies & Resources. Presentation.
What?
- Restating, in your own words, the author’s words or ideas
Why?
- To simplify or clarify the original text
- To demonstrate comprehension of original source
Paraphrasing Tips:
- Rewrite it using your own words
- Rewrite it using your own sentence structure
- Quote distinctive words or phrases taken from the original source
- Accurately represent the author
- Always cite the source of your information
Source: Caravello, P. (n.d.). Avoiding Plagiarism: Strategies & Resources. Presentation.
Oops! I Plagiarized?
Source: Swartz, P. (2012). "Oops, I plagiarized." Bruin Success with Less Stress. Retrieved on August 5, 2021 from https://bit.ly/3zWY0y4
Plagiarism is the presentation of another’s words or ideas as if they were your own without giving credit to the other person, including but not limited to:
- Purchasing a paper on-line and submitting it as your own
- Copying your roommate’s paper (or parts of it) and submitting it as your own
- Paraphrasing ideas, data or writing from someone else’s work without properly acknowledging the original source
- Unauthorized transfer and use of another person’s computer file as your own.
Source: UCLA Office of the Dean of Students’ Academic Integrity. Retrieved from (https://bit.ly/3xi4nKi) on August 5, 2021.
Online Guides To Use the Chicago Style Manual
The Chicago Manual of Style, 18th edition (2024), is a useful guide for UCLA Anderson students to cite sources they use in course projects. Please refer to the Documentary-Note format provided in the Manual.
Consult the online examples below for more info or contact a Business Research Librarian for further assistance.
- Citing Business Sources
Examples in Chicago style, from the Rosenfeld Library. - Harvard Business School Citation Guide
Harvard B-School's very complete guide in pdf, with specific business citation examples in Chicago Style. Updated annually by Baker Library, Harvard University. - California State University, Dominguez Hills - About Chicago Style
Citing sources examples in Chicago style, provided by CSU Dominguez Hills. - University of Maryland's Global Campus
More online examples, citing sources in the text of your paper (Documentary-Note) and the references (Bibliography) forms.
Citation: A Very Brief Introduction
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When Should You Cite?
- When you use the author’s exact words
- When you summarize someone else’s words
- When you read someone else's words and write it in your own words
- Anything which is not your OWN original thought
- Facts that are not common knowledge
- When in doubt, CITE!
Why is Citing Important?
- To add credibility and support for your ideas!
- To ensure the accuracy of scientific and scholarly knowledge.
- To protect intellectual property rights.
References
Caravello, P. (n.d.). Avoiding Plagiarism: Strategies & Resources.
Presentation.
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th ed.
(2020). Washington, DC: APA, p. 348.