Black Graduate Student Association's Research Symposium
Cite What You Find
Give credit where credit is due; cite your sources.
Citing or documenting the sources used in your research serves two purposes, it gives proper credit to the authors of the materials used, and it allows those who are reading your work to duplicate your research and locate the sources that you have listed as references. When other authors cite their sources properly, you can also use their research to help you with your own!
Knowingly representing the work of others as your own is plagiarism. Use the "plagiarism" tab in this guide to help you properly cite and avoid plagiarizing another persons work.
Citation Management Tools
Visit this library guide for help with different citation management tools, or application used to organize your references, generate bibliographies, and collaborate with others.
Avoiding Plagiarism
Plagiarism Checker
Use the tools below to check your research assignments for plagiarism.
- Plagiarism Checker
"Grammarly is an automated proofreader and plagiarism checker.
It makes sure everything you type is easy to read, effective, and mistake-free." - Paper Rater
Useful tool that gives you writing suggestions and also includes a plagiarism and grammar checker.
- Bibme
Have your paper checked for grammar errors, missing punctuation, unintentional plagiarism, and more!
Citation Styles
Visit this library guide for help with different citation styles including how to format bibliographies and in text citations in all major styles (APA, MlA, Chicago, and more). https://libguides.asu.edu/citing
Other ASU Resources
- ASU Writing Center Graduate Writing TutoringThe ASU Writing Center also offers graduate writing tutoring for any currently enrolled graduate student. They also offer workshops, statistics tutoring, and writing camps.
- ASU Graduate College - Formatting Your Thesis or DissertationThis ASU Graduate College page guides students on how to format their thesis or dissertation, and includes information on how to write an abstract.
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