Can't remember where you got your information from the 'Net? With a small sample of text, you can find where it is from almost immediately!
Here's how! Read on for the full details...
Searching for the SOURCE of your text
From your notes, choose a phrase you would like to find the source for.
Place those words in the search box above,
placing them in quotation marks: "Just
like this!"
Make sure it is pasted "in
quotation marks"--or else all pages that contain even just one
of the words will turn up in your search results (messy!).
Check that the text is exactly what you want to search:
make sure you haven'tadded any extra
spaces: " like this"
make sure you haven'ttruncated any
words: "ike this"
make sure you haven'tincluded any
other quotation marks: "like "this""
Choose a search engine. Try Google first.
Now press the Search button.
If you did not find the text you are looking for, scroll to
another search engine and press the Search button again.
If you have tested your searching with all search engines, and cannot find the source, try testing another phrase from the
same piece of writing.
Cite the Source
What to do once you have found the source of your quotation - enclose it in quotation marks and credit the source, or rewrite the idea in your own words (without quotation marks)--and still credit the source.
Are you looking for
one quick example of how to cite a web site?
Here's the structure you follow......
Author's name (if known) (last name, first name)
a) The full titleof the work in quotation marks.
b) The title of the complete work if applicable, in
italics.
a) The document date if known and if different from the date
accessed.
b) The full http address.
c) The date of visit.
