Are You Copying Your Content or Using It for Reference?

Are You Copying Your Content or Using It for Reference?
How To Cite Correctly

Content is OK to copy or if use for references in media, if cited correctly. Sometimes we get writers block and can not think of what to write. When trying to index your content, it is best if you write your own content, so it is unique. Though sometimes we need to copy, cite or use content for reference, so here is the correct way to do so.

Citing Content

When using content as a reference, it is showing credibility to what you are saying. This is done by paraphrasing something you read or a paragraph or even something you have knowledge on and need to reference material; a book, magazine, video are samples. In this type of text, you would use the authors last name, coma, most recent year published in brackets. In this example the name will be the university as they wrote the book on citations.

Example: teaching how to cite, (Purdue University, 2019).

If there is no name or date this is what you would use

Example: (n.n., 2019) (Purdue Diversity, n.d.) (n.n., n.d.)

Copying or Citing Material

Copying or citing what someone else has said or wrote basically word for word is when parenthesis are used at the beginning and end in the material quoted or copied. Even if you say the same thing replacing with synonym words, it is still copied writing. Here is an example

Example: "Copied text," (Merrick, 2019).

Referencing the Material

When referencing the material (using as a reference or copied) it goes at the end of your content, the last page or have a section for references on your website. In this order, Author's last name, first letter of first name. (date on content copied or referenced). Title of book, magazine or website; Title of chapter, title of chapter or title of website page. (Chapter or paragraph if material is cited or copied, if possible) Where information came from (book, magazine, website). Publisher of book, magazine or website.

Example:

Reference:
Merrick, S. (2019). Online Jobs For Students. Org; Are You Copying Your Content or Using It For Reference. Website. Wealthy Affiliates. Https://onlinejobsforstudents.org

My reference will be at the bottom of this page. Good luck writing, do not stress, let your mind flow. Write everything down that comes to mind, then start putting your content together in a fashionable form.

If you need further assistance the Owl Purdue gives more styles, if there is more than one author and legal writing tips and rules.

Reference: Purdue University, (2019). Purdue On Line Writing Lab; College of Liberal Arts. Website. Retrieved from: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/purdue_owl.html

Sheri Merrick

Wealthy Affiliate