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In addition to keeping oneself out of trouble with copyright compliance rules and university conduct policies, citing your sources allows others to reproduce and build on your research, creating new scholarship.

The OWL at Purdue University 
The oldest and one of the most comprehensive online writing labs.

Citation Styles (ASU Library) 
Guide to various citation styles (APA, MLA, Chicago, Turabian, and discipline-specific styles) with overviews and examples. 

Academic Writer Tutorial: Basics of Seventh Edition APA Style 
Tutorial created by American Psychological Association. 

Citing Information (APA, MLA, Chicago & CSE/CBE) 
Guide from University Libraries-University of North Carolina.

Print copies of the most current editions are available in all ASU Library locations.

 

Citation Management Tools

Citation Management Tools 
Citation management tools:Mendeley, Zotero, EndNote & others

Academic Integrity & Plagiarism

Academic integrity, student cheating and plagiarism are concerns of the utmost importance to university faculty, administrators, writing center and tutoring staff, librarians and academic advisors. The short, straightforward definitions of academic integrity and plagiarism are meant to assist persons interested in understanding  more about these issues.

Academic Integrity:
Most sources define academic integrity (or academic honesty) as the foundation for academic life.  It is the manner in which you behave in an academic environment when you do research, writing a paper or creating a project. The fundamental five values in this academic process  are honesty, trust, respect, fairness and responsibility. Academic integrity is the commitment to live by these values. Plagiarism is an aspect of academic integrity in that using another's ideas, words, theories, illustrations or graphics, opinions or facts without giving credit is dishonest.

 

Avoiding Plagiarism Tutorials & Exercises

ASU Policies

ASU addresses the issue of what academic integrity is and how violations are address in the Student Code of Conduct.  ASU Graduate Education policies and procedures on academic integrity and plagiarism are discussed in detail on their webpage ASU Graduate Policies and Procedures.

Plagiarism is the most common form of academic dishonesty.  The university defines plagiarism as "Means using another's words, ideas, materials or work without properly acknowledging and documenting the source. Students are responsible for knowing the rules governing the use of another's work or materials and for acknowledging and documenting the source appropriately" (ASU, 2010).

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