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For detailed help with documenting sources, go to the Documentation in the Disciplines section of this site.

Plagiarism: What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid It
Guidelines on how to avoid plagiarism, including examples of acceptable and unacceptable paraphrases, from Indiana University.
Avoiding plagiarism
Discussion of guidelines for American academic writing; includes exercise on sources that do and don't need to be documented; from the Purdue Online Writing Lab.
A statement on plagiarism
Examples of acceptable and unacceptable use of sources, from Capital Community College.
United States Copyright Office
Information about copyright laws and processes, from the Library of Congress.
Copyright and fair use
Discussion of use of copyrighted sources under "fair use" guidelines, from Stanford University.
Crash course in copyright
Guidelines on copyright law, from the University of Texas.
MLA Style
Guidelines on using MLA style for in-text citations and lists of references, from Purdue Online Writing Lab.
APA Style
Guidelines on using APA style for in-text citations and lists of references, from Purdue Online Writing Lab.
Turnitin.com
A plagiarism-checking site that includes links for students on research tips and avoiding plagiarism, from Turnitin.com.
Plagiarism self-detection
Enables testing a sample from a paper to detect possible plagiarism, from Glatt Plagiarism Services.
Educational CyberPlayground
Links to plagiarism-detecting software and current plagiarism issues.

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