Undergraduate Research & Research Apprentice Students

It's important that you take the time to document each source you use in order to give credit to the original creators of the work and to avoid plagiarism. Not doing so means that you are misrepresenting your own work and may result in academic and legal ramifications.

Citing References: APA Style

• Citation Guide for APA
  Use the APA citation guide from Andersen Library to help you cite your sources in APA style. This guide is based on the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.)  
  
  
• APA Documentation Guide from UW-Madison Writing Center
  
  
• APA Formatting and Style Guide from Purdue
  
  
• How to Cite Using APA Style (video tutorial)
  
  
• Should You Use a DOI or URL? (video tutorial)
  

Citing References: MLA Style

• Citation Guide for MLA
  Use the MLA citation guide from Andersen Library to help you cite your sources in MLA style. This guide is based on the MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing (3rd ed.) and the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (7th ed.).  
  
  
• MLA Documentation Guide from UW-Madison Writing Center
  
  
• MLA Formatting and Style Guide from Purdue

• Plagiarism: Cut & Paste Doesn't Cut It
  A video tutorial from Andersen Library
   
• Avoiding Plagiarism 
  A guide from Purdue's Online Writing Lab (OWL)
   
• What is Plagiarism?
  A 3 part video on plagiarism from Rutgers University
   
• Quoting and Paraphrasing Sources
  Learn how to avoid plagiarizing from the UW-Madison's Writing Center