Properly citing resources is key to avoiding plagiarism. Follow the links below to find the appropriate style guide for your class.
Please see our Appropriate Use of Electronic Resources (last revised Aug. 2013).
Search these resources to find articles. Articles may be from academic journals, newspapers, magazines, or other types of periodicals.
Full-text scholarly journals in many subject areas. JSTOR has the beginning of each journal to 3, 4 or 5 years ago. How-to videos.
The library’s online catalog contains information about the books, e-books, music scores, videos (both DVD and VHS), and sound recordings that the library owns. The catalog also contains detailed information about the print journal and magazine titles that the library owns, but it does not contain citations for individual articles. For more help in using the catalog, ask a librarian, review our FAQs.
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2. Authority
3. Objectivity
4. Currency
5. Coverage
Kapoun, Jim. "Teaching undergrads WEB evaluation: A guide for library instruction." C&RL News (July/August 1998): 522-523.
Plagiarism is using other people's ideas or words as your own without properly giving credit to the original author. Oftentimes, plagiarism is unintentional.
What is unintentional plagiarism?
What can you do to avoid unintentional plagiarism?