I'm 40, back in college. THANK YOU! I can't stress enough how helpful these videos are. Even my professor mentioned that he loved my work cited info and I did it correctly, all thanks to you.
While I agree with nearly all of the information in most of your videos I watched, I have a discrepency with what APA teaches about citing an entire paragraph (this is re: your section on "Most of the paragraph uses paraphrased material." I teach my students that it is never okay to simply cite at the end of the paragraph because it is not clear if the entire paragraph is from the same source or the student's own words, instead, lead in with a signal phrase and lead-in citation. Then make sure each sentence after is clearly tied to that same citation. If this is done, there is no need to cite at the end of the paragraph, and it makes the cited material more clear. See APA 7th ed. Section 8.4. Example of a long paraphrase with a single in-text citation.
Hello. Will be subscribing! I'm currently doing a 20 page extended literature review for my undergraduate requirement at my university. Can you recommend 2-3 of your past videos I should view for assistance? Thanks.
Hi there! I appreciate the support and sure! Here are two of my best videos for literature reviews. This one has a better explanation on the researching processes ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Vc_Yu_61Ymg.html While this video has a better explanation on the actual writing process ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DMsdY5Z5bZk.html
I don't understand why teachers (at least mine) don't explain this, it is honestly not that difficult. Nah they just tell you "cite whenever you paraphrase or quote", yeah but exactly how??!! What if I do several paragraphs of paraphrasing, or 2 sentences, or one sentence is praraphrased then there's an original line and then paraphrase again, then you have to deal with plagiarism just because they haven't told you exactly how to do it first.
I just got back in college GCU online, I am on week 3 is a starting to get struggle within text citations, and plagiarism, sometimes I had wish i learn in school. :( thank you for giving the tip much appreciated.
My biggest issue is determining whether or not something is common knowledge or not. Oftentimes, research contains a lot of common knowledge stuff or stuff that I already knew before reading the paper. Does this mean I do not have to cite it?
Great presentation! Depending on the MLA edition you're using, is there a comma placed after the author's last name before the page number? I've seen it formatted like this, for example (Smith 5).
How about in situations where you want to include the name of the author in the sentence and then put the date in bracket? Consider the example below please In the 15th century Da Vinci proposed a concept for a rotorcraft. Although his idea was good, due to techlogical limitation it could not fly (Peterson, 1987). Four hundred years later, Irgo Sarkosky (1949), a RUssian-American engineer became inspired by Da Vinci's and concept and improved upon. The work of Irgo Sarkosky (1949), led to the invention of the modern day helicopter. Now, in the above example, how i cited Irgo Sarkosky, is that correct please? i need help
Perfect timing! I got a comment a few days ago from my professor about incorrect in-text citations on my last paper and I wanted to avoid making the same mistake on my future papers. Thank you so much for making this super simple and easy to understand!
ESL student here! This is my last semester (🙏) and Sociology isn't easy with essays and "in text citation". Thanks God your explanation changes everything from almost impossible to sounds easy! Thank you 🙂
Everywhere I go to look things related to essay and ENG class, it always have to do with a female. I’ve not yet had any Male teachers that are English teachers. Lol. I was right to believe that ENG classes are mainly for females. As dumb as it might sound. It’s simply true at this point.
When do you need to include a paragraph number? I now you need to do so for direct quotes, but I’m just not sure about paraphrasing. So people say you do, while other say you don’t.
My teacher told me that I should add an in text citation in the front and the end of any paragraphs I write. Why do when my teacher write an in text citation in the beginning, the citation have no brackets next to the surname but only on the date/ page(s)?
How do I then know which parts are the authors own words and which are paraphrased if say you have an entire paragraph and only at the end the citation? If I want to paraphrase the first sentence of the paragraph, who would I cite? The author of the text I'm reading or the one that was cited by that author two sentences later? Great video! :)
can't we start with according to new research then ending with (author, date)? in my opinion this makes it clear were the paraphrased part taken from a set reference is
I am so confused because for some reason my professor said that the authors name and year goes at the front of the sentence and the page for paragraph goes at the end of the sentence.
Hey there! This is something I could potentially add to my video list. If you happen to have an example of instructions for a commentary essay, feel free to email it to me so I can take a look at it! This way I can create the most accurate video, if so. :) chelseaseburn93@gmail.com
I have a really silly question. I was researching and found some information on the University at Buffalo, School of Social Work. I would like to paraphrase. How would I cite this in APA 7 edition?