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Document Your Source

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
Call Number: BF 76.7 A46 2020
Publication Date: 2019
The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Seventh Edition is the official source for APA Style. In addition to providing guidance on grammar, the mechanics of writing, and APA style, this manual offers an authoritative reference and citation system. It also covers the treatment of numbers, statistical and mathematical data, tables and figures.

The Learning Centre's guide (PDF) to documenting sources using APA shows you how to cite your sources properly in your essay. For examples of citations in the Reference list for different types of sources, see the Library's APA Style Guide (PDF) or the APA LibGuide

MLA Handbook by Modern Language Association of America
Call Number: PN 147 G525 2016
ISBN: 978160329561
Publication Date: 2016
Widely adopted by universities, colleges, and secondary schools, the MLA Handbook gives step-by-step advice on every aspect of writing research papers, from selecting a topic to submitting the completed paper. It provides an authoritative update of MLA documentation style for use in student writing, including simplified guidelines for citing works published on the Web and new recommendations for citing several kinds of works, such as digital files and graphic narratives.

The Learning Centre's guide (PDF) to documenting sources using MLA shows you how to cite your sources properly in your essay. For examples of citations in the Reference list for different types of sources, see the Library's MLA Style Guide (PDF) or the MLA Lib Guide

The Chicago Manual of Style by University of Chicago Press
Call Number: Z 253 C456 2017
Publication Date: 2017
The Seventeenth Edition is available in book form and as a subscription website. The same content from The Chicago Manual of Style is in both versions. While digital technologies have revolutionized the publishing world in the twenty-first century, one thing still remains true: The Chicago Manual of Style is the authoritative, trusted source that writers, editors, and publishers turn to for guidance on style and process.

For examples on how to Reference material in your Footnotes and Bibliography for different types of resources, see the Library's Chicago Style Guide (PDF) or the Chicago Style LibGuide

Avoid Plagiarism

The best way to avoid plagiarism is to cite the sources of the information you include in your document. In other words, you need tell the reader of your paper where you obtained the information. This applies to things you read (books, articles, websites, pamphlets), see (videos or DVDs, online videos, television programs, charts/graphs, illustrations, photos or other images), hear (radio programs, lectures) - basically, anything that is not your own idea and is not common knowledge.

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