The Reference Shelf:  Citing Your Sources

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General Information on Citing Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism
Avoiding Plagiarism.  From the OWL (Online Writing Lab) at Purdue.
Cite Right: A Quick Guide to Citation Styles:  MLA, APA, Chicago, the Sciences, Professions, and More, by Charles Lipson.   Reference Collection:  PN 171 .F56 L55 2006
Citing Sources:  Documentation Guidelines for Citing Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism From Duke University

Citation Tools/Software
RefWorks All students, faculty, and staff at Hamline can use RefWorks to manage research citations and bibliographies.  The Center for Academic Technology is piloting this service to increase the quality and ease of Hamline's academic research.  RefWorks appears as an option in most library databases, either as a stand alone feature or integrated into the print/save options for the database. Users can create a bibliography on the fly while searching, or set up a bibliography before searching, and select it after obtaining a citation to save. ***Please consult this documentation for assistance on using RefWorks.*** Support for using this product is offered from the ITS Help Desk  651-523-2220 The Writing Center in the Center for Academic Services 651-523-2193 Hamline University Bush Library Reference Desk 651-523-2375 Hamline University Law Library Reference Desk 651-523-2125
BibMe  "BibMe allows you to search from a database of millions of entries to find your source and autofill in the information. Or, if you the source in front of you, you can enter your entries in manually. BibMe also offers resources to help you cite your work properly in the ‘Citation Guide’ section."
Comparison of Reference Management Software.  From Wikipedia.
Database Features: Several of our databases vendors include a feature that will format your citation into the most-frequently used citation styles, e.g. APA, MLA.  (To determine the vendor of a database, from any of the screens in your search, look at the logo in the upper left corner of the page.) To use this feature from your list of search results, mark/check the article/s you want, then: CSA databases:  Click on Save, Print, Email; go to the 2nd section, Create a bibliography with QuikBib; choose a format and style, and click on the Create button. Proquest:  Click on Cite (just under the row of tabs). WilsonWeb:  Click on Exporting/Citing (on the left menu); choose any of the first three options. Note:  Ebsco, InfoTrac, and FirstSearch do not currently offer this feature (unless you own access to EndNote, Pro-Cite, and/or RefWorks).
Microsoft Word 2007 The latest version of this product includes Create a Bibliography. Note:  Hamline University computer labs do not yet provide access to this product.
Zotero  "Zotero is a free, easy-to-use research tool that helps you gather and organize resources (whether bibliography or the full text of articles), and then lets you annotate, organize, and share the results of your research."  The best part--it formats your citations for your bibliography.  It currently supports the following citation styles (there are plans to expand the selection): American Psychological Association (APA) Modern Language Association (MLA) Chicago Manual of Style   Zotero is a production of the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University and is funded by the Albert P. Sloan Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Note:  You must have Mozilla Firefox 2.0 (or higher) to use this tool.  It will not work with Internet Explorer.