Using Sources Fairly and Accurately

You will be borrowing material from other people's work as you write your research paper. To avoid plagiarism, the unfair use of someone else's words or ideas, you must properly integrate and credit all quotes and paraphrases and include a works-cited page at the end of your paper. Follow a standard documentation style when citing sources and writing your bibliography. Most disciplines prefer a particular documentation style. For example, some humanities follow Modern Language Association (MLA) standards while social sciences follow American Psychological Association (APA) standards. If you are unsure which style to use, ask your instructor. Various style manuals are available in the reference area in your library, or consult our on-line guides for APA or MLA examples.

For information on quoting and paraphrasing, link to these pages.

• Introducing Quotations And Maintaining Coherence by William Greenway, Youngstown State University
• Paraphrasing

For information on citing electronic sources, link to these sites. Please comply with any individual copyright notices:

• Bibliographic Formats for Citing Electronic Information (MLA and APA Styles) by Xia Li (xli@zoo.uvm.edu) and Nancy Crane (ncrane@zoo.uvm.edu) from the University of Vermont
• MLA-style Citations of Electronic Sources by Janice Walker (jwalker@chuma.cas.usf.edu), Department of English, University of South Florida.
• Footnote and Citation Style Guides by Lehigh University Libraries (http://www.lib.lehigh.edu/). This page contains information on how to cite both electronic and print sources in these styles: MLA, APA, ACS (American Chemical Society) and Chicago Manual of Style. It also contains a link to information on citing electronic sources in Turabian/Chicago-Style in History and Humanities by M. Page.

Developing Your Thesis and Supporting Argument

Revising

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