Friday, September 10, 2010

Citations & Bibliography, Free Stock-Photography, and Public Domain Imagery

Citations and Bibliographies
1- What is plagiarism? Any good reasons to avoid it? Plagiarism is taking someone else's work and putting it as your own. Some good ways to avoid it are reading the paragraph and putting it in your own words. It'll be less likely that you will plagiarize. 

2- What citation format are we using for this project?
 The citation format we will be using for this project are in-text citation and work cited, footnotes, endnote, modified endnote. 

3- Create a citation for your 'Works Cited' page of two websites you might use on your project.


"CIA - The World Factbook." Welcome to the CIA Web Site — Central Intelligence Agency. Central Intelligence Agency, 10 Sept. 2010. Web. 10 Sept. 2010. <https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ls.html>.


Manz-Christ, Gerlinde. "Portal of the Principality of Liechtenstein - Home." Portal Des Fürstentums Liechtenstein - - Home. Government Spokesperson’s Office. Web. 10 Sept. 2010. <http://www.liechtenstein.li/en/>.


Free Stock-Photography
1- What is stock photography?
You can use photos without having to pay anything. 

2- Why can't we just use random images off google?
 You can't use random images because you might get in trouble for using a copyrighted image, so you never know.


Public Domain
1- What does it mean for an image to be Public Domain?
They are images that don't have rights within the country that you are living in. 


2- Post a picture you found off a stock photography or public domain site on your blog.


3- Write the citation for this photo.
Group, Horton. "Stock.xchng - Panda Bear 2 (stock Photo by Hortongrou)."Stock.xchng - the Leading Free Stock Photography Site. 5 Feb. 2008. Web. 10 Sept. 2010. <http://www.sxc.hu/photo/947482>.











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