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Plagiarism, What's the Big Deal?: Citing Your Sources

This LibGuide will define plagiarism, describe some of the consequences, and give a brief instruction to citation resources. This guide was created by Danielle Colbert-Lewis and Mary Ann Barnett.

Style Manuals and Related Books

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 use these by asking at the Reference Desk, on the second floor, and they must be used in the library.

Citation Management Tools

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 as long as you are a student at NCCU.

EndNote is software that you can download to the computer you use to do your research and writing.

Zotero is a similar tool to Refworks. It is the open resource on the web.

 

If you have questions about using any of these tools, ask a staff member!

Other Citation Resources

These resources can help you with citations if you don't have a style manual.