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Organizing and Synthesizing Information : Citing Sources

Citing the source is the only way to use the ideas of someone else, and not be accused of plagiarizing. Citing means stating exactly from where information and ideas come.

OSLIS has a great overview of How & When to Cite Sources. Also use their MLA or APA citation forms to fill out citations for the resources you use
B. Davis Memorial Library Citation Style for Research Papers....it is color coded and easy to understand

Here are some steps to follow when citing sources:

For each source listed, begin first line at margin and indent each line that follows.
Underline or use italics for titles of books, periodicals and software. Titles of articles are enclosed in quotation marks.
Note the punctuation and follow it exactly.
If required information, such as author or place of publication, is not available, just leave it out.
Arrange all sources in one list, alphabetically by first word, which will generally be either the author's last name or the first important word of the
title.

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