Using Sources for a Research Paper (Hamilton College)   "The use of evidence from outside sources is crucial for the successful development of an argument in a research paper. It is important, however, to use your evidence wisely so that your argument is not buried under a flood of other writers' ideas."

Introduction to Using Source Materials (U Richmond)  Introduction to styles of citation, plagiarism.

When to Cite Sources (Princeton U)  Citations, endnotes, footnotes--when and how to use.

Avoiding Plagiarism (Hamilton College)

Using Paraphrases (U Richmond  "Paraphrases restate another person's ideas using your own words and your own sentence structures. Like direct quotes, they must be credited to their sources; to fail to do so constitutes plagiarism."

Writing Summaries (Illinois at U-C)  "A summary is restating someone else's words in your words. There are many different kinds of summaries, and they vary according to the degree to which you interpret or analyze the source."

Plagiarism (Brigham Young U)

How Not to Plagiarize (U Toronto)  Several short essays on using sources without plagiarizing.

Plagiarism (Princeton U)  Some specific examples of what constitutes plagiarism, showing how to avoid it.

Differences in Quoting, Paraphrasing and Summary (Purdue U)  "...to help you become more comfortable with the distinctions between quotations, paraphrases, and summaries."

Quoting & Paraphrasing (U Wisconsin-Madison)  Paraphrasing, summarizing, quoting and plagiarism.

Using quotations

Using Quotations (Princeton U) How to use quotations in your paper, common mistakes and the mechanics of punctuation and use.

Creative Use of Sources (U Richmond) How to use sources in more creative ways than just by direct quotation.

Incorporating Quotations (U Richmond)

Effective Direct Quotes (U Richmond)

Integrating Quotations into a Literary Analysis Paper (U Wisconsin-Madison) Extensive discussion of the use of quotations to emphasize your ideas, including the mechanics of incorporating quotations into sentences, indention, punctuation, documentation (citation).

Styles of citation

Note that almost all the OWLs have extensive sections on styles of citation. This is just a small sample. Jump to the list of OWLs to visit them.

Citations: What is a Citation? (Houston CC) "A bibliographic citation is a collection of information elements that identify and describe an item such as a book, article or videotape." This article gives specific examples of citations for a book, a part of a book, magazines, newspapers, journals and videotapes and describes features of the library catalog entry for each.

Documenting Sources (Princeton U) An introduction to styles of citation in various disciplines - literature, psychology, biology - and bibliographic citations to the printed guides for citation styles.

The Writing Center--Documentation Guide (U Wisconsin-Madison) Introduction to the various styles of citing sources, including American Political Science Association (APSA), American Psychological Association (APA), Chicago/Turabian, Council of Biology Editors (CBE), Modern Language Association (MLA), Numbered References .

A Guide to MLA Documentation (Hamilton College) A summary and examples of the MLA citation styles for print and electronic sources.

Guide to Turabian's Manual for Writers (U Richmond) General introduction to the Turabian style of citation and writing.

APA Documentation (U Richmond) Not a detailed explanation of specific citation, but an overview of when APA is used and generally what it attempts to do with citations.

Walker/ACW Style Sheet (Taft CC) UCLA Style Sheet approved by the Alliance for Computers & Writing - citing electronic sources, WWW sites, FTP, gopher, e-mail, newsgroups, etc.

Electronic Sources: APA Style of Citation

Citing Electronic Resources (Internet Public Library)