This is a guide to organizing your research and writing process so that you minimize the risk of plagiarism. It will help you answer questions like:
College-Level Research
What Do Researchers Do?
Parts of a Scholarly Article
How to Search
Finding Books & Articles
Evaluating Sources
Literature Reviews
Web vs. Google Scholar
Citing Sources
Qualitative Resources
![These tables show how to cite different kinds of resources in APA and MLA format. APA article from a database: Author, A.A., Author, B.B., & Author, C.C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume number(issue number), pages. DOI APA Website: Author, A.A., & Author, B.B. (Date of publication). Title of document. Retrieved date, from name of Website, http://Web address. MLA article from a database: Author, First Name. "Title of the Article." Title of Journal Volume.Issue (Year): pages. Name of database. Web. Date of access. MLA Website: Editor, author, or compiler name. Name of Site. Version number. Institution/organization affiliated with the site, date of resource creation. Web. Date of access. [Note: All of the formats use a hanging indent, and in all formats the title of the periodical is italicized.]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/libapps/accounts/3847/images/Citations_graphic.png)
