SEDV Resources
Resources to help SEDV students research their topics for the research project
What is plagiarism? (Video)
Plagiarism: How to avoid it by Bainbridge College
Have fun and learn about the importance of citing your sources with this interactive tutorial produced by the Vaughan Memorial Library, Acadia University.
Why Cite?
In North American academic contexts, writers are expected to cite sources whenever they take ideas, information, or words from a source.
Failure to cite sources according to a standard style can result in plagiarism. Plagiarism most commonly involves:
- failing to cite a source
- citing a source but failing to use quotation marks to indicate borrowed wording
- following the original text too closely when paraphrasing
- Honesty in Academics (University of Calgary)Guidelines and resources to better prepare you in your work, and support you in understanding the rules set out by the administration.
- Is it plagiarism yet? (Purdue University)This resource offers advice on how to avoid plagiarism in your work.
- How to Recognize Plagiarism (Indiana U Bloomington)Tutorial that explains plagiarism with examples and includes a quiz.
Citation Management
Citation management tools help you organize your research, share citations for books, articles etc. with colleagues and create properly formatted citations and reference lists.
APA Citation and Referencing
- APA ExamplesCompiled by library staff in the Haskayne School of Business this guide provides
examples of reference list entries and in-text citation formats for many commonly
used business resources.
- Basics of APA Style (American Psychological Association)This tutorial helps you structure and format your work, avoid plagiarism, cite references in text, and provides selected reference examples.
- In-text Citation: Basic Rules(Purdue University Online Writing Lab)
- Reference List: Basic Rules(Purdue University Online Writing Lab)