Lesson 6 Assignment

DUE: November 26

NAME:

The point value for each question is noted. Total points for this assignment: 19 points

Please answer all of the questions below and then email your completed assignment to your instructor (either: Eric Brenner at: Brenner@smccd.net or Dennis Wolbers at: Wolbers@smccd.net)

1) List the 4 reasons the reading gives to justify the use of sources in research. (4 points)

2) Define “common knowledge” and give an example. (2 points)

3) Name the 2 most common documentation styles. (2 points)

4) According to the reading, what is the best way to avoid plagiarism?

5) Given below is a citation from the PLS catalog and how that same information would be presented in MLA style.

PLS citation:

Author	Wood, Denis.
Title	Five billion years of global change : a history of the land / Denis Wood.
Publication info.	New York : Guilford Press, c2004.

MLA citation:

Wood, Denis. Five Billion Years of Global Change: A History of the Land. New York: Guilford Press, 2004.

Translate the following citation from the PLS catalog into a citation written in MLA style:

Author	Shorto, Russell.
Title	The island at the center of the world : the epic story of Dutch Manhattan and the forgotten colony that shaped America / Russell Shorto.
Publication info.	New York : Doubleday, 2004.

YOUR ANSWER (MLA CITATION) (5 points):

6) Given below is a citation for a full-text article found on the Gale PowerSearch databases on April 15, 2006 and how that same information would be presented in MLA style. (Note this article is from the Expanded Academic ASAP database, one of the various databases in PowerSearch):

POWERSEARCH citation:

The problem with file sharing: after MGM v. Grokster, are we any closer to a solution?(music trading)(Column). Renay San Miguel. Technology Review (Cambridge, Mass.) 108.10 (Oct 2005): p39(1). (843 words) From Expanded Academic ASAP.

MLA citation:

San Miguel, Renay. “The Problem with File Sharing: After MGM v. Grokster, Are We Any Closer to a Solution?” Technology Review Oct. 2005: 39. Expanded Academic ASAP. Gale. Skyline College Library. 15 Apr. 2006. <http://find.galegroup.com>.

Translate the following citation from the Gale PowerSearch databases into a citation written in MLA style, assuming you accessed the article today:

Video iPod arrives: fifth-generation model adds video to its repertoire. Christopher Breen, Mathew Honan, and Jonathan Seff. Macworld 22.12 (Dec 2005): p.18(2). (916 words) From General OneFile.

YOUR ANSWER (MLA CITATION) (5 points):

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