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Avoiding Plagiarism: Purdue University Online Writing Lab

The Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL) offers this site explaining how students can avoid plagiarism. Provides a brief overview of contradictions in academic writing, actions that might be seen as plagiarism and guidelines for researching, quoting, paraphrasing, and deciding if something is common knowledge. Includes exercises and a brief bibliography.

Avoiding Plagiarism: Mastering the Art of Scholarship
This document defines what plagiarism is and offers guidelines for avoiding it.

McQuade Library's "How to Cite Sources" Section
Selected Citation Guides and Citation Builders

Sources: Their Use and Acknowledgement
Dartmouth College's guide to attributing sources.

Research and Documentation Online
Advice about finding sources in different disciplines and documenting sources in MLA, APA, Chicago, and CBE styles. From Diana Hacker.