Information Literacy Resources for Students

Avoiding Plagiarism

To make sure you are using sources properly, let Carlos and Eddie guide you through the Bruin Success with Less Stress interactive online tutorial.

You'll also find tips on paraphrasing, citations, and taking notes in the resources below.

Basics

• Student Guide to Academic Integrity: a downloadable Adobe PDF brochure from the UCLA Office of the Dean of Students
• Plagiarism: What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid It from Indiana University
• Before You Begin that Paper: a downloadable Adobe PDF document from the UCLA Office of the Dean of Students
• Avoiding Plagiarism, Self-Plagiarism, and Other Questionable Writing Practices: A Guide to Ethical Writing, developed under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Research Integrity.  A downloadable Adobe PDF document listing twenty-three guidelines is also available. 

Strategies

• Avoiding Plagiarism: Mastering the Art of Scholarship: a downloadable Adobe PDF document from the UC Davis Office of Student Judicial Affairs 
• Avoiding Plagiarism from Purdue University
• Using Sources: a downloadable Adobe PDF document from Hamilton College
• Proper Paraphrasing: a downloadable Adobe PDF document from the University of Alberta
• Paraphrase: Write It in Your Own Words from Purdue University
• How Can I Retain Information from My Sources?: Using Double Entry Notes from the University of Hartford Department of Rhetoric, Language, and Culture 
• Common Knowledge and Quotations: a downloadable Adobe PDF document from the University of Alberta providing guidelines on when citations are required

Citation Styles

• Research and Documentation Online: contains information that also appears in the print booklet Research and Documentation in the Electronic Age by Diana Hacker
• Citing References in Your Paper: from the University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Citing Internet Sources: from the UCLA Library
• How to Cite Electronic, Print, and Microfiche Congressional Publications: from LexisNexis
• Guide to Citing Maps and Atlases: from McMaster University