Writing & Citing

Style Guides

Information in research papers and other writing that is borrowed from other sources must be documented. This includes quotations, summaries, paraphrases, or any facts or ideas that are not common knowledge. Disciplines each have their own style for documenting sources, usually one of these five styles:

Evaluating Information

Annotated Bibliography

Plagiarism

Copyright

  • Copyright Management Center: What You Need to Know About Copyright. Kenneth Crews, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis. Includes fair use issues and permissions information.
  • Fair Use Checklist. Tool provided by Cornell University, based on work by Kenneth Crews, IUPUI, to determine whether you may make copies of works protected by copyright without having to obtain permission of the copyright holder.
  • Copyright Information Center. Cornell University. Online tutorials, public domain chart, crash course in copyright.

Updated 06-Sep-2007 SWH