Documenting your research completely, accurately, and in a correct format is essential.
Information on avoiding plagiarism, and a guide to Zotero, a program that allows you to create a personalized bibliographic database also appear on this page.
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.
We have the APA, APSA and Chicago manuals in the library. Contact us or the Writing and Multiliteracy Center (x8710) for assistance on tricky citations!
APA
OWL: Purdue's Online Writing Lab (APA)
OWL is an excellent resource for help on citing sources.
This page is from the American Psychological Association to help you answer some questions about using APA.
Chicago
OWL at Purdue (Chicago) - Find help with Chicago style questions here
We recommend that you use a citation manager. There are many available, but the library supports Zotero, a free manager which will help you gather and organize citations and the associated source materials.
Here's a link to a LibGuide to help you get started.
