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AFRS 115: University Writing

Guide to information resources for AFRS 115.

Avoiding Plagiarism

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

Citation managers are software that keep track of your sources and automatically format your citations in a variety of styles.

  • EndNote Web - free to CSUN students, staff, and faculty; integrates with MS Word and any browser; can export references directly from many databases
  • Zotero - free to anyone; integrates with MS Word and/or Google Docs; must be installed on your own computer 

MLA Style Guides, 8th edition

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

 

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