Intensive English 204 Academic Writing II

Fair Use allows the use of portions of copyrighted creative work in educational settings without first obtaining permission for the purpose of criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research.

When you use the ideas of someone else, you must give credit (called citing) to the authors of those ideas. If you do not properly cite the sources you use, you may be guilty of plagiarism.

As you take notes, include page numbers and source references so you can go back and check for accuracy as you write.

Quote, paraphrase, and summarize.

Identify quotes with a "Q."

Identify information you paraphrase with a "P."

As you write your paper, document the sources you use.

Write in your own words.

In the United States, intellectual property can be owned. Once you write down your idea, record it, draw it, perform it, or put it in some tangible form, it belongs to you; it is copyrighted. As the owner of the copyrighted material, you have the right to decide you can:

·  make a copy of your work, includes photocopies and digital copies

·  publish copies or electronically distribute your work

·  perform or display your work in public

·  prepare derivative works, which means using the original work as the basis for a new work

Decide in the following situations if you need to cite the words of an author or not:

1. You write about your experiences and impressions of people you encountered on an archaeological trip to Peru.
2. You quote a person you interviewed in the course of your field research.
3. In a paper you are writing, you relate your friend’s story of her experience conducting research in China.
4. You want to use some background information you found in a handwritten letter from a World War II soldier to his parents.
5. You want to put into your paper a diagram you found on an Internet site that illustrates a complex political process.