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STARS (Sure-fire Techniques for Achieving Research Success)

Step 6: Writing Your Paper and Citing Your Sources


Resources to help you with the writing process


bullet How to Write a College Paper (Villanova University Writing Center). See especially:
bullet Writing a Research Paper (Purdue University). See especially:

Citing your sources

bullet Guides to documentation styles
bullet Especially useful: Research and Documentation Online by Diana Hacker

 

Academic Integrity concerns and avoiding plagiarism

bullet Take a quiz to see how much you know
bullet What is plagiarism? "Plagiarism is a difficult concept to define. It includes a range of actions from failure to use proper citation to wholesale cheating. A student who plagiarizes may do so unintentionally or it could be a deliberate adoption or reproduction of ideas or words or statements of another person as one’s own without acknowledgement." from QuickStudy (University of Minnesota Libraries).
bullet Villanova University Academic Integrity Gateway
bullet Villanova University Academic Integrity Code


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You've come to the end of the STARS research guide.  We hope you found it useful.  We'd love to have your suggestions and comments.

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Adapted with permission from the JSCC Library Information Literacy Tutorial.
Comments and suggestions to Barbara Quintiliano, Instructional Design Librarian.