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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:

• APA - American Psychological Association
• MLA - Modern Language Association
• SBL - Society of Biblical Literature
• Turabian
• Chicago
• ASA - American Sociological Association, link to Purdue OWL

Evaluating Information

• Evaluating Web Sites
• What is a scholarly journal?
• How to identify scholarly journal articles: Research Minute YouTube video from Cornell University Libraries.

Annotated Bibliography

• Annotated Bibliographies. Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL).
• How to prepare an annotated bibliography. Cornell University Library. Provides an example in APA citation format.

Writing a Book Review

• Online Writing Lab Purdue University
• Writing Tutorial Services Indiana University Bloomington

Plagiarism

• Acknowledging Sources University of Texas-Arlington. Tutorial on plagiarism, attributing sources, learning how to quote and paraphrase.
• Dr. Cite Right Central Piedmont Community College. Diagnosing your plagiarism problems, one patient at a time.
• How to Recognize Plagiarism Indiana University School of Education
• Plagiarism.org Learning Center sponsored by Turnitin.com

Copyright

• Copyright Primer: Goshen College Good Library.
• Copyright Resources: Indiana University. Links to information on fair use issues, copyright legislation, copyright crash course.
• Fair Use Checklist. Tool provided by Cornell University, based on work by Kenneth Crews, Columbia University, to determine whether you may make copies of works protected by copyright without having to obtain permission of the copyright holder.
• Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education. American University. November, 2008.
• Copyright Information Center. Cornell University. Online tutorials, public domain chart, crash course in copyright.

Updated 10-Dec-2009 SWH

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