Avoiding Plagiarism
- Safe Practices to Avoid PlagiarismLearn how to avoid plagiarism.
- Smith Honor CodeSmith's policies on properly citing work.
- Quoting, Paraphrasing and SummarizingThree methods of properly incorporating the work of others into your own.
- Writing Papers: A Handbook for Students at Smith CollegeRead "When to Cite" starting on page 47 (pg.54 of 71 in pdf file).
- Jacobson Center Writing Process SeriesSee Section 12: Revising - Effective Use of Sources.
Citation Management Tools
Zotero is a free research tool that allows you to easily organize references, create in-text citations and bibliographies, and much, much more!
- Learn more at Zotero.org
- Visit the Smith Libraries guide for Zotero.
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RefWorks is a web-based software that helps researchers gather, manage, store, and generate citations and bibliographies.
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Mendeley is a tool that helps you gather, manage, store, and generate citations and bibliographies.
- Watch the video: Getting Started with Mendeley
- Explore Mendeley's Help Guides
Help Writing
Jacobson Center - Offers individual writing conferences, courses to improve writing, and online help to guide students through the writing process.
American Psychological Association
- American Psychological Association (APA) Style - (Purdue Online Writing Lab)Format for APA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the reference page.
- American Psychological Association Style - Frequently Asked QuestionsFrom the APA website.
- Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th ed.(pp. 10, 169) Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th ed.ref BF 76.7 .P83 2010 and Ebook
Young Library
Evaluating Information
Evaluating Resources (Univ. of California Berkeley) - Covers scholarly vs. popular publications, primary vs secondary resources, authority, documentation.
Using Primary Sources on the Web: Evaluating Primary Source Websites (Instruction & Research Services Committee, Reference and User Service Association History Section, American Library Association)
Where to find the DOI
- Usually located on the first page of an electronic journal article, near the copyright notice or near the author's address.
- May also be found in the Full Record Display of an article in a database, with the field labeled DOI.
- Use this format for DOI in your references: doi:xxxxxxxxxxx
- Check Cross-Ref DOI Lookup.
- If no DOI located, provide the journal home page Web address.
