1. Instructions: Please go through these
slides as if you were in class. Do your
best to answer each question as it
comes up and write down the answer in
your WN. After you’ve done that, move
on to the next slide (which has the
answers). If you do not follow this
process, you will not see the mistakes in
your previous thinking, and most likely
won’t retain much information.

2. Imagine that you are the author of the paper on internet
monitoring in the workplace. Read the following
passage from Chris Gonsalves’s article (Works Cited
entry below). In your WN, construct a summary or
paraphrase of the passage. Include an in-text citation
(if necessary).
“While bosses can easily detect and interrupt water-
cooler chatter, the employee who is shopping at Lands’
End or IMing with fellow fantasy baseball managers
may actually appear to be working.”
Gonsalves, Chris. “Wasting Away on the Web.”
eWeek.com. Ziff Davis Enterprise Holdings, 8 Aug.
2005. Web. 16 Feb. 2009.

3. In-text citation rules:
• True global summaries (i.e. a summary of an entire work) that
reference the author do not need in-text citations. (Because the
source is included in the Works Cited.) Summaries of specific
sections of a work, paraphrases, quotations, and specific facts must
be cited (because these come from a specific place in the work, so if
someone wants to follow-up on that work, they need to know
where, specifically, it came from). Summaries that do not mention
the author’s name should be cited.
• Short version:
– True summary that names author in a signal phrase = no in-text
citation.
– Author named in a signal phrase = page number only.
– Author not named = author & page number.
– No page numbers = author only.
– No author = title & page number
– No author & no pages = title only.
– Other variations on these rules, see section 33a of your PSM.

4. How did you do?
Was an in-text citation necessary?
• If your sentence names the author in a signal phrase, no
(because, as you can see from the Works Cited entry, there
are no page numbers).
• If your sentence does not name the author in a signal
phrase, yes (because this is the only way to know where
your information came from).
If my sentence requires an in-text citation, what should it look
like? (Gonsalves).
If you are confused, return to the previous slide and review
the rules for in-text citations.

5. Copy the following passage word-for-word (including
quotation marks) in your WN.
“In earlier times, surveillance was limited to the
information that a supervisor could observe and
record firsthand and to primitive counting devices. In
the computer age, surveillance can be instantaneous,
unblinking, cheap, and, maybe most importantly,
easy”
From page 126 of “What Do Employees Think About
Electronic Surveillance At Work?”

6. The selections below are both student attempts to paraphrase
the passage you just copied down. One is an example of
plagiarism, and one is an acceptable paraphrase. Which is
which? & how do you know? (Write down your answer)
A. B.
Scholars Carl Botan and Mihaela Scholars Carl Botan and Mihaela
Vorvoreanu argue that in earlier Vorvoraneu claim that the nature
times monitoring of employees of workplace surveillance has
was restricted to the information changed over time. Before the
that a supervisor could observe arrival of computers, managers
and record firsthand. In the could collect only small amounts
modern era, monitoring can be of information about their
instantaneous, inexpensive, and, employees based on what they
most importantly, easy (126). saw or heard. However, because
computers are now standard
workplace technology, employers
can monitor employees efficiently
(126).

7. Answer: A is plagiarized. B is an
acceptable paraphrase.
A. (Similarities between original & student’s attempt are underlined
and colored red)
Scholars Carl Botan and Mihaela Vorvoreanu argue that in earlier times
monitoring of employees was restricted to the information that a
supervisor could observe and record firsthand. In the modern era,
monitoring can be instantaneous, inexpensive, and, most importantly,
easy (126).
The structure of the sentence is also exactly the same. Only certain
words have changed.
B. This passage shows that the student first took the time to think
through and understand what the original selection was saying, and
then incorporated the main ideas. Even though the student didn’t use
the authors’ exact words or sentence structure, she still gave the
authors credit for their ideas in her in-text citation.

8. Plagiarism is easy to avoid. It simply requires that you
engage with & seek to understand your sources. Not just
pull quotes or facts from them.
The double-entry note-taking method discussed in
Chapter 3 of The Curious Researcher is a great tool for
helping you do this.
See Section 30 of your PSM and Chapter 14 of JTC for
more information about avoiding plagiarism.
Remember to use quotations (and be careful!) when
borrowing an author’s words. When summarizing or
paraphrasing, don’t just try to change some words
(copying sentence structures is also plagiarism).

9. The following passage is an example of which problem
(record & explain your answer in your WN):
A-Engfish
B-Incorrect citation
C-Dropped quotation
D-Plagiarism
1. Some experts have argued that a wide range of
legitimate concerns justifies employer monitoring of
employee Internet usage. “Employees could
accidentally (or deliberately) spill confidential
corporate information…or allow worms to spread
throughout a corporate network” (Tynan).

10. As a reader, describe the difference between the passage
you just looked at and this one (bottom). Is the change for
better or worse? Record & explain your answer in your WN.
(Go back to the previous slide to review the previous
passage if you need to)
2. Some experts have argued that employer monitoring of
employees’ Internet usage is justified by a range of legitimate
concerns. As PC World columnist Daniel Tynan points out,
many companies store important information on their
networks. Because of this, those companies that fail to
monitor their employees’ internet usage risk the release of
“confidential corporate information,” data loss or corruption,
and even network failure (Tynan).

11. Answer: Selection #2 explains the source material and
incorporates it as evidence in the student’s larger
argument. it is an improvement.
Correct answer for previous question: C– Dropped
quotation. In selection #1, there’s no clear reason for the
quote to be there. The student just put it in and assumed
that it would speak for itself. It doesn’t.
Turn to page 113 of your PSM to view another version of
this improvement. Review chapter 3 of The Curious
Researcher as well as sections 30 & 31 of your PSM to
learn more about integrating (and citing) sources.

12. Review your notes from class and this
powerpoint about citation, summary,
paraphrase, and quotation and consider how
it applies to your annotated bibliography.
Be sure to write down the changes you’ll need
to make to your annotated bibliography in
your WN (or write them directly on a printed
copy of your annotated bibliography).