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Preventing Plagiarism

The University of La Verne Catalog contains the University's policy on Academic Honesty which can be accessed at http://www.ulv.edu/catalog/right_resp/respons.phtml

Below are links to sites that will assist you in avoiding plagiarism and in properly citing sources.

Preventing and Detecting Plagiarism

• http://www2.library.ucla.edu/5639.cfm
• http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_plagiar.html
• http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml
• http://www.millikin.edu/staley/research/prevent_plagiarism.asp
• http://writing.umn.edu/tww/plagiarism/index.htm

Research and Citation

• http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_docelectric.html
• http://writing.umn.edu/sws/quicktips/quicktips.htm
• http://www.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citation.htm
• http://www.msoe.edu/gen_st/style (based on the Chicago Manual of Style)
• http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/cgos2006/basic.html/a> (a guide for citing electronic resources, regardless of style manual)
• http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/skill28.htm (how to prepare an annotated bibliography)
• http://international.loc.gov/learn/start/cite/index.html (Library of Congress: citing electronic resources)
• http://www.mla.org/ (MLA style)
• http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html (APA style- covers electronic media)

University of La Verne Learning Enhancement Center offers free tutoring and writing assistance. If you would like further information or assistance, please contact the reference staff in the Univesity of La Verne Library at (909) 593-3511, ext. 4305 or reference@ulv.edu.