| Citation Management
Have a lot of citations you want to enter in your works cited/references list? Try a citation manager.
Do you need the Web or Desktop version?
- EndNoteA citation management tool that enables you to:
- Organize your research Include citations while you write your paper
- Build a bibliography in a variety of formats
- Import references from library databases and Google Scholar.
Ways to Avoid Plagiarism
A Note about Plagiarism
It is important to cite your sources properly. If you want to learn more about avoiding plagiarism, read the Plagiarism Guide.
When you are writing your paper, you can use several ways to present information you have found in the body of your paper, and consciously avoid plagiarizing.
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Direct quote
If you want to use a sentence or a passage exactly as it was written, you can include a direct quote, surrounded by quotation marks, and either using an inline citation, or a sentence before the quote referencing the author and work of origin.
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Summary
You can also write a summary (in your own words of course) of the ideas or text you want to use. It helps to write the summary from your memory rather than looking directly at the passage.
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Paraphrase
Paraphrasing is similar to a summary. It just means taking what you have read and rewriting it in your own words.
APA links
- APA style guide to electronic references
- Txstate Writing Center APA guide
- APA Style Help: FAQs, Video Tutorial on the basics of APA, Blog, and more learning resources
- APA Citation Format
- Purdue
- Writing for Professional Journals
- NW Missouri guide to APA Style with examples from different databases.
Instructions on wrting an Annotated Reference List from Purdue University's Online Writing Lab (OWL). Be sure to folllow APA style for the actual citation preceeding each annotation.
How to cite a work of art in APA style.
Copies of the latest print edition are also available at the Alkek Library.
For help writing your research papers, consult Texas State's Writing Center
Understanding a Journal Citation
You'll see something like this:
It's important to know the parts of a citation so you can interpret it correctly. You must have at least the Journal name, volume, issue, and page number to be able to locate the article.
