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ITA 204/ENL 200-12: Italian Literature in Translation I

Guide for students enrolled in ITA 204/ENL 200-12 - Italian Literature in Translation I for resources to write their paper.

About This Page

Here you will find information on using the MLA guide for citations, the style most commonly used in English and Foreign Language courses at UMass Dartmouth. 

Documenting your research completely, accurately, and in a correct format is essential.  Information on avoiding plagiarism, and a link to Zotero, a program that allows you to create a personalized bibliographic database also appear on this page.

Plagiarism FAQs

UMassD Academic Regulations and Procedures - Read this passage from your student handbook!

Avoiding Plagiarism - OWL Guide from Purdue - This emphasizes when to give credit to sources and offers safe practices to follow.

Using the Chicago Manual

Research in the Humanities uses a variety of citation styles, and your professor will tell you which style they want you to use in your papers for their classes.

In this class, the preferred style is MLA. We have a copy of the most recent edition available for in-person consultation at the Reference Desk, and this guide directs you to some of the best known web-based MLA resources. 

Information on other citation styles can be found on the library's "Citing Sources" page.

Managing Citations & Digital Files

Having an effective strategy to manage your research is essential. You can use a citation management tool to organize citations to sources, collect digital files such as full-text PDFs, and cite sources automatically when writing papers.

The library provides support for Zotero, a free open-source citation manager.  

Citation Management with Zotero

Why should you use Zotero?

  • It's free, so you'll be able to use it forever, even after you leave the university.
  • It saves your digital files to your computer and backs them up in the cloud.
  • It works seamlessly with Microsoft Word.
  • It can also be used with Google Docs, LibreOffice, LaTeX, and other text editors.
  • It automates a lot of processes, like attaching PDFs, that require extra steps in RefWorks.

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