• Remember to cite your source, when either quoting directly or paraphrasing. In other words, cite your source whenever you present an idea that isn't your own.
• Websites must be cited in your notes/bibliography, too; if you cut and paste - or paraphrase - from a website, cite the webpage.
• When in doubt, cite your source.
• Select a standard citation style and document sources correctly and consistently.
• Connect to online versions of some style guides from this page: Citation Guides & Style Manuals
• Use the Citation Builder (NCSU Libraries) or Documentation Guidelines (Duke University) which offer quick citation help for Chicago, MLA, APA, and CBE styles.

For more tips, see

• Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL):  When do we give credit?

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 or visit the Smith Libraries guide to Zotero.

The Jacobson Center for Writing, Teaching and Learning offers individual help with writing and also this useful guide:

   Writing Papers: A Handbook for Students at Smith College
   http://www.smith.edu/jacobsoncenter/writing/writing_papers.pdf
   Read "Acknowledging and Documenting Your Sources" starting on page 57 (pg. 67 in pdf file).

Access 2013 copy via HathiTrust or request selected scanned chapter from 2016 edition via Interlibrary Loan.