Here you'll find Academic Center handouts and other resources about conducting research; citing research using APA, MLA, or Chicago documentation styles; and incorporating research into your paper gracefully.
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APA Quick Reference Guide, 6th ed. (PDF 184KB) Based on the sixth edition of the APA publication manual, this handout discusses how to format in-text citations and how to format the title, abstract, and references pages. See also Documenting Sources Using APA Format, 6th ed., an interactive presentation with audio. MLA Quick Reference Guide, 7th ed. (PDF 161KB) This handout discusses how to format in-text citations and the reference page using MLA style. See also Documenting Sources Using MLA Format, 7th ed., an interactive presentation with audio.Researching
- Gather and Evaluate Information
- Understand the Difference: Primary versus Secondary Sources
- Understanding Periodicals: Scholarly versus Non-scholarly Sources
- Find and Evaluate Internet Sources
Citing Research (APA, MLA, Chicago)
- APA Quick Reference Guide, 6th ed. (PDF 184KB)
- Documenting Sources Using APA Format, 6th ed., An Interactive Presentation with Audio
- MLA Quick Reference Guide, 7th ed. (PDF 161KB)
- Documenting Sources Using MLA Format, 7th ed., An Interactive Presentation with Audio
- APA Quick Reference Guide, 5th ed.
- Chicago Manual/Turabian Manual Quick Reference Guide (PDF 174KB)
Incorporating Research in Your Paper
- Avoid Plagiarism
- Understanding Plagiarism, An Interactive Presentation with Audio
- Decide when to Quote, Paraphrase, and Summarize
- Know When to Quote, Paraphrase, and Summarize, An Interactive Presentation with Audio
- Learn to Paraphrase
- Learn to Summarize
- How to Quote, Paraphrase, and Summarize, An Interactive Presentation with Audio.
- Practice Paraphrase/Summarize
- Introduction to Using Statistics (PDF 302KB)
- Signal Your Sources
- Signal Your Commentary on Source Material
- The Art of Hedging (PDF 118KB)
Other Documentation Style Issues
General
APA
- Writing Abstracts in APA Format
- How to Format a Running Head in APA Style (PDF 210KB)
- Using Ellipsis in APA Style (PDF 99 KB)
- Using Content Notes in APA Papers (PDF 247KB)
MLA
- Using Ellipsis in MLA Style (PDF 109 KB)
- Using Supplementary Notes in MLA Papers (PDF 359KB)
- What's New in MLA? A comparison between the 6th and 7th editions of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. (PDF 108 KB)
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