First Year Students: Citations and Plagiarism

Citation management tools allow you to save citations of research as you go and create both bibliographies and in-text citations automatically. You can use these tools for free as long as you are a student at NCCU.

• EndNote

  EndNote is a reference manager that helps you save time formatting citations so you can focus on your research.

• Mendeley

  Mendeley Reference Manager allows you to organize and search your personal library, annotate documents and cite as you write.

• RefWorks

  RefWorks is an online citation manager tool that allows you to iImport citation information from a variety of sources (including article databases), collect, organize, and manage citations, and quickly generate bibliographies and in-text citations in many different formats.

Plagiarism can be accidental or intentional and is a serious offense. It is crucial to acknowledge when information you are sharing comes from other people, which is why you are required to cite.

Plagiarism can be:

• Copying someone's words without giving them credit
• Quoting someone's words incorrectly or out of context
• Using or repeating someone's ideas without giving them credit
• Misrepresenting someone's ideas of concepts
• Copying images or music without permission or proper attribution
• Intentionally presenting someone else's work as your own

To read NCCU's Academic Honor Code, click here. 

You may eventually need to purchase your own style manual, especially once you have entered your major, but Shepard Library keeps copies of the most frequently used manuals. You can access these by asking at the Reference Desk, on the 2nd floor, and they must be used in the library.