Astronomy Resources: Essay Research Sources

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These are just a few journals that are searchable through the MCTC Library. You may find more resources sources within the MCTC Library Search box (see box above) or by searching databases individually, such as EBSCOhost, Gale CENGAGE and ProQuest (see box to the left). 

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Plagiarism can be DELIBERATE or UNINTENTIONAL. Whenever you borrow words or ideas, you MUST acknowledge their source to give the author/creator credit and to respect their intellectual property!

The following situations almost always require citation:

• turning in someone else's work as your own
• failing to put a quotation in quotation marks
• giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation
• changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit
• copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work [also called "fair use" in copyright law], whether you give credit or not 

--excerpt from Plagiarism.org

For more help understanding plagiarism and citation for research papers, consult the library's Citation Guide.

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