This guide is designed to help you find information on how to cite your sources correctly and to avoid plagiarism.
Plagiarism is taking someone else's ideas, words, images, or other types of work and presenting it as your own. Plagiarism can be avoided by adhering to some basic guidelines.
The primary reasons for citing the sources used in your research papers, projects and presentations is to give credit to the authors of the works that you used to support your work, and to provide readers with the information they need to locate these sources themselves. Accurately citing your sources leaves a research trail that allows others to locate the materials that you used.
MLA Handbook by 
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association: The Official Guide to APA Style by 
The Chicago Manual of Style Online
The Elements of Style by Research and Documentation Online by There are many other style guides available. Select a subject heading below to browse our library's holdings:
Caution: Students may use Wikipedia for ideas and referrals to scholarly sources but probably will seldom actually cite Wikipedia. Since entries change, be sure to include "date accessed" information.
Cite Right: A Quick Guide to Citation Styles--MLA, Chicago, the Sciences, Professions, and More by 
Doing Honest Work in College: How to Prepare Citations, Avoid Plagiarism, and Achieve Real Academic Success by 