Plagiarism is using facts or ideas from another source without attribution, thereby presenting it as original work.
Adapted from CSUN Policies and Procedures
Best Practices to Avoid Plagiarism:
Adapted from: Vega García, S.A. (2012). Understanding plagiarism: Information literacy guide. Iowa State University. Retrieved from http://instr.iastate.libguides.com/content.php?pid=10314. [Accessed February 8, 2018]
Citation managers are software that keep track of your sources and automatically format your citations in a variety of styles.
The Modern Language Association (MLA) citation style is most common in the humanities. The eighth edition is new for 2016.
MLA Formatting and Style Guide from the Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University
Citing Archival Materials in MLA
View the APA Style website for additional style and grammar guidelines.
Basic APA Formatting Guidelines