High School Research Paper Style Manual
Gahanna Lincoln
High School
Research Paper
Style Manual
This manual belongs to _____________.
1
GLHS Students:
Throughout your high school career, you will be asked to write many research papers. These assignments may seem overwhelming. However, this booklet will guide you through the process of researching, organizing, and writing the paper. While this manual contains general guidelines and examples, it does not include instructions specific to your teacher’s assignment. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO UNDERSTAND AND
MEET THESE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS.
Writing a research paper can be a creative and rewarding process. This booklet should help you toward that end.
Gahanna Lincoln High School Research Paper Style Manual
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Write the first draft including the thesis statement and documentation.
12. Revise and edit your work.
13. Write the Works Cited page.
14. Check assignment requirements.
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Plagiarism
Before beginning any research, you must understand the meaning and seriousness of plagiarism. According to Webster’s New Ninth Collegiate Dictionary, plagiarism is defined as “To steal and pass off as one’s own the ideas or words of another.” Because plagiarism is dishonest and a form of stealing, it is an extremely serious offense.
The Lincoln High School Code of Student Conduct lists plagiarism as a form of academic misconduct and specifies that any student caught plagiarizing will receive a zero on the project or assignment and be subject to disciplinary action. Any student assisting another in plagiarism may also be subject to disciplinary action.
The following forms of plagiarism are most common:
1. Using the exact words of an original source without quotation marks or documentation. 2. Using the exact words of an original source without quotation marks is plagiarism even if you document the source.
• You need quotation marks if the words are not yours.
3. Using someone else’s ideas in a research paper without citing the source, even …show more content…
• You must give credit to the original source.
4. Using information from the Internet and passing it off as originally yours.
• You must cite the source.
5. Engaging in “patchwork plagiarism”.
• “Patchwork plagiarism” occurs when a writer begins to paraphrase a source but does not do a thorough enough job. Merely changing a word or two from time to time does not make a passage yours. Paraphrased notes must be completely in your own words, not a few of yours and a lot of someone else’s.
6. Failing to provide a list of works cited.
7. Using another student’s work and passing it off as your own.
Plagiarism results from careless, hurried, incomplete work at the note-taking stage in your research. Omitting the note-taking step and working directly from highlighted materials often leads to plagiarism. All information from research sources used in your paper must be on your note cards. Following the note-taking procedures as outlined in this manual will help prevent unintentional plagiarism. (See pages 15-16.)
Regardless of whether intentional or unintentional, plagiarism is a serious academic offense and will be dealt with accordingly.
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Gahanna Lincoln High School
Honor Code
High School
Research Paper
Style Manual
This manual belongs to _____________.
1
GLHS Students:
Throughout your high school career, you will be asked to write many research papers. These assignments may seem overwhelming. However, this booklet will guide you through the process of researching, organizing, and writing the paper. While this manual contains general guidelines and examples, it does not include instructions specific to your teacher’s assignment. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO UNDERSTAND AND
MEET THESE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS.
Writing a research paper can be a creative and rewarding process. This booklet should help you toward that end.
Gahanna Lincoln High School Research Paper Style Manual
Compiled …show more content…
Write the first draft including the thesis statement and documentation.
12. Revise and edit your work.
13. Write the Works Cited page.
14. Check assignment requirements.
4
Plagiarism
Before beginning any research, you must understand the meaning and seriousness of plagiarism. According to Webster’s New Ninth Collegiate Dictionary, plagiarism is defined as “To steal and pass off as one’s own the ideas or words of another.” Because plagiarism is dishonest and a form of stealing, it is an extremely serious offense.
The Lincoln High School Code of Student Conduct lists plagiarism as a form of academic misconduct and specifies that any student caught plagiarizing will receive a zero on the project or assignment and be subject to disciplinary action. Any student assisting another in plagiarism may also be subject to disciplinary action.
The following forms of plagiarism are most common:
1. Using the exact words of an original source without quotation marks or documentation. 2. Using the exact words of an original source without quotation marks is plagiarism even if you document the source.
• You need quotation marks if the words are not yours.
3. Using someone else’s ideas in a research paper without citing the source, even …show more content…
• You must give credit to the original source.
4. Using information from the Internet and passing it off as originally yours.
• You must cite the source.
5. Engaging in “patchwork plagiarism”.
• “Patchwork plagiarism” occurs when a writer begins to paraphrase a source but does not do a thorough enough job. Merely changing a word or two from time to time does not make a passage yours. Paraphrased notes must be completely in your own words, not a few of yours and a lot of someone else’s.
6. Failing to provide a list of works cited.
7. Using another student’s work and passing it off as your own.
Plagiarism results from careless, hurried, incomplete work at the note-taking stage in your research. Omitting the note-taking step and working directly from highlighted materials often leads to plagiarism. All information from research sources used in your paper must be on your note cards. Following the note-taking procedures as outlined in this manual will help prevent unintentional plagiarism. (See pages 15-16.)
Regardless of whether intentional or unintentional, plagiarism is a serious academic offense and will be dealt with accordingly.
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Gahanna Lincoln High School
Honor Code