Research Tools

Following is a list of resources to help conduct research in academic libraries.

• Citation Builder
  
• Citing Sources Within Your Paper
  
• MLA Citation Generator
  
• Citation Machine
  
• APA Research Style Crib Sheet
  
• Evaluating Web Pages
  

Avoiding Plagiarism

The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary defines plagiarizing as "to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source."

Check out these links that will help you to better understand what plagiarism is and how to avoid it.

• The Academic Integrity Tutorial:Case Studies
  http://www.yorku.ca/tutorial/academic_integrity/caseintro.html
• Avoiding Plagiarism : Information for Students/ for Faculty
  http://wally.rit.edu/researchguides/plagiarism.html
• How to Avoid Plagiarism
  http://www.umuc.edu/ugp/ewp_writingcenter/modules/plagiarism/intro.html
• Plagiarism: What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid it
  http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml

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