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If you see this EBSCO page, go back to the Steelman Library Databases and start again. This screen appears when connecting directly to EBSCO from Google or a direct link from off-campus, if that link is not coded correctly.
To find articles published in periodicals (magazines, newspapers, journals, etc.), you will need to use a database. Databases can be multi-disciplinary (EBSCO, Proquest) or subject specific (ERIC, PSYCInfo). They can be searched in numerous ways: by author, title of the article or periodical, by keyword, or subject.
Click the "Library Databases" link below. You will find descriptions of database contents printed next to the database link.
If you need to be able to read the article immediately, be sure to click the "Full Text Only" box near the search box.
If you are looking for a known article (you already have the citation from a reference book, bibliography, another article, etc.), try:
When you can't access an article or book, remember to request it from ILL at no cost.
Click this icon in a database, or use the Request Library Materials link below.
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"The purpose of a research paper is to synthesize previous research and scholarship with your ideas on the subject. Therefore, you should feel free to use other persons' words, facts, and thoughts in your research paper, but the material you borrow must not be presented as if it were your own creation."
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 7th Edition. New York: MLA. 55. Print.
There are quite a few different ways to cite resources in your paper. The citation style usually depends on the academic discipline involved. For example:
Check with your professor to make sure you use the required style. And whatever style you choose, BE CONSISTENT!
Zotero works best with Microsoft Word and SEU students can get Office 365 at no cost.
It is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources.
Zotero works with Microsoft Word to create your bibliography for you.
MLA 9: What's new in the Ninth Edition?
Discover style changes from the 8th edition.
Google Docs template for an MLA 9th research paper.
Presentation slide examples of the MLA formatting style.
MLA style is…
[a system of] common sense guidelines aimed at helping writers at various levels conduct research and provide their audiences with useful information about their sources.
These principles:
MLA Handbook. Eighth ed., Modern Language Assn., 2016.
It is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources.
Zotero works with Microsoft Word to create your bibliography for you.
List each element relevant to your source in the order shown on the template.
Omit any element that does not apply.
MLA website provided to expand details of MLA style guide, edition 9
Template and guide to citation making in MLA 9
In order to use Zotero most efficiently with MLA 9th Edition, please check the following links to download the appropriate software.
Directions for finding and installing citation software.
Find the citation style software needed for the citation style being used
What's new in the Seventh Edition of the APA Manual
Information on APA format from the Online Writing Lab at Purdue University.
Search the blog for the answer to your tricky question.
A tutorial for those who are new to APA style.
If you are citing an article from a scholarly journal and there is no DOI listed, you may click the link below and follow the directions to attempt to find a DOI.
Add http://dx.doi.org/ in front of your DOI and it should become a hotlink to the article you are citing if you have the correct DOI.
Zotero works best with Microsoft Word and SEU students can get Office 365 at no cost.
Information on APA format from the Online Writing Lab at Purdue University.
A tutorial for those who are new to APA style.
Information on APA Style for people new to the format and for those who are familiar with using APA style.
It is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources.
Zotero works with Microsoft Word to create your bibliography for you.
Call Number: Course Reserves
ISBN: 9780195176339
Publication Date: 2007-03-15
Get the lastest updates on AMA Style. Follow @AMAManual on Twitter for daily tips and links or check out the blog.
The AMA style is radically different from APA. The in-text citations are superscript numbers and the References appear in order with the superscript numbers. Example paragraph with in-text citations. Note references don't have hanging indents and are in the order cited, not alphabetical order by authors last name.
Clinical trials are critical to advancing oncology care and their success is dependent on enrollment. In the United States, only 2–4% of newly diagnosed adult cancer patients participate in clinical trials.1 Manual screening for patient eligibility is expensive and inefficient.2 Automated systems to increase accrual to clinical trials are needed.
Clinical research informatics tools may improve the efficiency of identifying patients for clinical trials.3–5
REFERENCES
Notice the source superscript 3–5 refers to references 3, 4, and 5. Example taken from: Eubank MH, Hyman DM, Kanakamedala AD, Gardos SM, Wills JM, Stetson PD. Automated eligibility screening and monitoring for genotype-driven precision oncology trials. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. March 2016. http://jamia.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2016/03/25/jamia.ocw020.long
Chattanooga University Library PDF Guide
Official AMA site
It is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources.
Zotero works with Microsoft Word to create your bibliography for you.
AMA that comes with Zotero may not match the version used by our professors. AMA with no URL may be the better style to add to your library.
Turabian that comes with Zotero may not be the version used by our professors. Turabian 8th Edition may be a better starting point.
Additional information on Chicago/Turabian style may be found at the websites below. Please be aware that websites may refer to Author-Date or In-Text styles that are used by some colleges/departments, but the notes (usually footnotes) and bibliography styles are used in most situations at Southeastern:
This Quick Guide provides guidance on notes and bibliography and is free, but other tools at this website are not free.
It is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources.
Zotero works with Microsoft Word to create your bibliography for you.
The Western Libraries of the University of Western Ontario have provided an excellent guide for citing music sources in essays and bibliographies.
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Plagiarism occurs when a writer uses someone else’s language, ideas, or other original material without acknowledging its source. Plagiarism includes unattributed use of any source, in any medium, published or unpublished. Work already submitted for a grade in another course may not be resubmitted unless the professor specifically states otherwise.
Examples of Plagiarism
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Some easy steps you can take to make sure you aren't plagiarizing:
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When you can't access an article or book, remember to request it from ILL at no cost.
Click this icon in a database, or use the Request Library Materials link below.
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