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Avoid Plagiarism - Use a Style Guide

When you use another person's words or ideas without clearly acknowledging the source of your information and giving proper credit, you are committing plagiarism. You must provide appropriate citations for all quotations, summaries, paraphrases, or any other work that is borrowed from others. For more information and resources, see our guide to avoiding plagiarism.
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Style Guides
APA Seminar
Preparing an Annotated Bibliography
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Selected Style Guides in Butler
Style Guides

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APA Seminar
    Welcome to the World of APA
    A PowerPoint seminar and Microsoft Word examples provided by Buffalo State faculty Maureen A. Smith, Sharon L. Raimondi, and Thom Wozniak.

Preparing an Annotated Bibliography
Links to More Information
    AP Style Guide (PDF)
    An Associated Press style guide, prepared by the Boston University College of Communication.

    AP Stylebook
    The Associated Press stylebook Web page allows you to search for information about AP style in this section, "Ask the Editor."

    APA Style
    Homepage of the American Psychological Association's style guide including information on electronic references.

    ASA Style
    The Quick Style Guide for Students Writing Sociology Papers is available at the American Sociological Association's home page.

    Assembling a List of Works Cited in Your Paper
    Duke University Libraries prepared this guide to APA, MLA, Chicago, and Turabian styles.

    Chicago Manual of Style
    Examples of materials cited in Chicago style, along with a link to questions and answers.

    Citation Machine
    An interactive Web tool to help format citations in APA and MLA styles.

    MLA Style
    The Modern Language Association's Web site includes a link to MLA style with a list of frequently asked questions.

    University of Wisconsin Writing Center
    Links to many styles including Chicago/Turabian and American Political Science Association.


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