The Clifford C. F. Wong Secondary Library Guide
Extended Essay
The Process
Getting Started
For each subject, there are particular standards that you must follow. Get to know these resources (linked below) as you consider your subject options. After you have chosen a subject, use this very practical advice throughout the rest of the process.
Other pages that helps you to start the essay:
Step 1 : Choose a Topic
Resources for Finding a Topic:
Step 2 : Finding Sources
Step 3 : Evaluating Sources
Fact-checking Sites:
Step 4 : Write the Paper
Introduction
Sometimes you are not sure the copyright law and whether you can use a picture/ photographs in your work. If you are confused about the Copyright, Fair Use, Creative Commons, and Public Domain, try to figure out their differences in this flowchart.
Public Domain Images
Creative Commons Images
These resources provide Creative Commons Images, you need to attribute the creator by citing your sources in your work. The site will show you how.
Creative Commons Music
These resources provide Creative Commons Images, you need to attribute the creator by citing your sources in your work. The site will show you how.
Evaluating Sources
Fact-checking Sites
Spot the Fake News
Against Fake News
Fact Checking Sites: Government and NGO Data
Fact Checking Sites: Non-Profit Organization
Other Fact Checking Sites
More about Fact Checking
Database - Resources by Subject
Database - Full List
Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing
Tips on Quoting
Tips on Paraphrasing
Tips on Summarizing
What is MLA?
MLA style was created by the Modern Language Association of America. It is a set of rules for publications, including research papers.
There are two parts to MLA: In-text citations and the Works Cited list.
In MLA, you must “cite” sources that you have paraphrased, quoted or otherwise used to write your research paper. Cite your sources in two places:
- In the body of your paper where you add a brief in-text citation.
- In the Works Cited list at the end of your paper where you give more complete information for the source.
Modern Language Association Style Handbook: 9th edition
The 9th edition of the MLA Handbook provides a “universal set of guidelines” for citing sources for ALL types.
In addition to the handbook, MLA also offers The MLA Style Center, a website that provides additional instruction and resources for writing and formatting academic papers. https://style.mla.org/
Resources
Automatic Citation Generators
Here are some citation generators that help you to cite in MLA format. Please be aware that automatically generated citations may not provide accurate results. If you decided to use a citation generator, then take enough time to make necessary corrections. Remember, it is your responsibility to double-check your works!
What is APA?
APA referencing style is an author-date referencing system published by the American Psychological Association. It is a set of rules for publications, including research papers.
There are two parts in the APA referencing style: In-text citations and the Reference list.
With anything that you have read, used and referred to in your academic writing, you must:
- 1. acknowledge in text (i.e. in the work / assignment/ essay you are writing)
- 2. include in your reference list (i.e. the list at the end of your work of all the sources you refer to)
Publication manual of the American Psychological Association: 7th edition
The 7th edition of the Publication manual of the APA provides a “universal set of guidelines” for citing sources for ALL types.
ISBN: 9781433832161
In addition to the handbook, APA also offers online resources for students in their website. The website provides additional instruction and resources for writing and formatting academic papers. https://apastyle.apa.org/
Resources
Automatic Citation Generators
Here are some citation generators that help you to cite in APA format. Always remember to select the right citation style. Please be aware that automatically generated citations may not provide accurate results. If you decided to use a citation generator, then take enough time to make necessary corrections. Remember, it is your responsibility to double-check your works!
Academic Honesty at ISF
In accordance with the values of the IB Learner Profile and ISF’s Eight Virtues + One, students are expected to be principled, to demonstrate personal integrity in all that they do, and to avoid situations that bring their honesty and integrity into question. The guiding principles at The ISF are created to support students in their development 1 of social responsibility and to teach them appropriate behavioral responses to behavior in accordance with these core values.
In order to exemplify these core values, students are expected to be honest in all their endeavors. Thus, they have the satisfaction of knowing that their level of achievement reflects their ability, and they earn the respect of their peers, parents, and teachers.
Students should recognize that they are ultimately responsible for their own work and that the consequences of any breaches of the standard of academic honesty will be theirs alone. They should speak to teachers regularly about their work and show drafts of it at various stages in the production process. They should ask teachers and librarians for advice if they are at any time unsure of what they have done in relation to referencing sources.
Students need to ensure that they are aware of the contents of the Academic Honesty Student Guide in the Secondary Moodle for their grade level and of the incumbent responsibilities as students at ISF.
(Extracted from ISF Academic Honesty Policy)
