Citing Sources and Writing Tools

All Resources

Online Resources

Plagiarism and Citing Sources Tutorial
http://www.hsl.unc.edu/services/tutorials/PlagiarismTutorial/intro.html: The Health Sciences Library's tutorial on avoiding plagiarism and properly citing your sources.
Copyright Basics
http://www.hsl.unc.edu/services/tutorials/copyright/: The Health Sciences Library's introduction to copyright issues.
HealthLinks Citation Style Manuals
http://healthlinks.washington.edu/hsl/styleguides/manuals.html: Offers substantial guidance for properly citing resources in medical and health science writing from The University of Washington.

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The OWL at Purdue APA (5th ed.) Overview and Workshop
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/664/01/: Overview of APA style (5th ed.), including not only citations but also overall paper format and stylistics. Also provides a sample APA paper.
The OWL at Purdue APA (6th ed.) Overview and Workshop
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/: Overview of APA style (6th ed.), including not only citations but also overall paper format and stylistics. Also provides a sample APA paper.
KnightCite
http://www.calvin.edu/library/knightcite/index.php: Citation generator that will create citations from the data you provide in MLA, APA, and Chicago style. If you need a citation in AMA style, you may be able to use the citation builder to generate an MLA citation and make a few modifications. You can see the same references in MLA and AMA for comparison from Long Island University's B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Library.
Citing Information Tutorial from the UNC-CH Academic Affairs Library
http://www.lib.unc.edu/instruct/citations/: Provides tutorials and examples for commonly used bibliographic citation styles such as CSE/CBE, APA, and MLA. Also contains information regarding plagiarism and how to avoid doing it in your research and writing.
Information Ethics Tutorial from the UNC-CH Academic Affairs Library
http://www.lib.unc.edu/instruct/infoethics/: Provies an overview of issues relating to plagiarism, copyright, fair use, and other types of intellectual property rights.
Online!
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/citex.html: How to cite online sources (websites, emails, web discussion forums, listservs, newsgroups and more) by using APA, CBE, Chicago, and others bibliographic styles.
Citing Online Sources
http://newadonis.creighton.edu/HSL/Guides/Citing.html: Another guide to citing online sources in AMA, APA, and MLA styles. Provides general data elements to include as well as some specific examples and links to other resources.
Writing Center: About the Center
http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/campusservices.html
Information about Writing Center services to graduate students, faculty, and staff in the professional schools.; Electronic handouts
http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/index.html
Covers each step of writing the paper, as well as style and word choice, and writing for a specific field or assignment.; English Language & American Culture
http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/elac/
Free support for non-native English speakers (including undergraduate and graduate students, scholars, and faculty) who want to improve their English or learn more about American life and university culture.

Compiling Sources

Use a bibliographic tool to help you save, organize, and correctly format your references.

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Refworks
http://www.hsl.unc.edu/Services/Guides/refworkstips.cfm: RefWorks is a web-based citation management program that is free for UNC-Chapel Hill faculty, staff and students. The RefWorks program allows users to create a personal database for managing their research citations.
Endnote
http://www.hsl.unc.edu/Services/Guides/endnotetips.cfm: EndNote is another option for bibliographic management and formatting. Recommended especially for advanced graduate students and researchers.
Reference Manager
http://www.hsl.unc.edu/Services/Guides/refmantips.cfm: Reference manager is a bibliographic management and formatting program.
Zotero
http://www.zotero.org: Zotero is a free Firefox add-on that can automatically capture citation information from web pages, store a collection of references, and generate a bibliography. As it is still a new tool, it is not quite as advanced as Refworks, Endote, and Reference Manager but may be useful if Firefox is your primary browser.
Connotea
http://www.connotea.org: Another new tool, Connotea can save links to references and, where possible, automatically capture the citation information. Connotea also allows you to tag your references and share your reference library with others as well as to browse the tags and libraries of other users to find new references. Connotea does not provide tools to format a bibliography from your references, but references can be exported to a file that can be imported by one of the other bibliography managers.

Books & E-books

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The Health Sciences Library has a number of books on scientific writing and citing sources available. In addition, there are a number of e-books you can view online.

Some suggested books:

Day, R. A., Gastel, B. (2006). How to write and publish a scientific paper. Westport, CT: Greenwood . WZ 345 D274h 2006 [Reference]

Gerin, W. (2006). Writing the NIH grant proposal: a step-by-step guide . Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. W 20.5 G369w 2006

Goldbort, R. (2006). Writing for science. New Haven: Yale University Press. WZ 345 G6178w 2006 (also available as an e-book)

Hall, G. M. (Ed.). (2003). How to write a paper (3rd ed.). London: BMJ Publishing. e-book

Katz, M. J. (2006). From research to manuscript : A guide to scientific writing. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer. T 11 K19f 2006 (also available as an e-book)

Rubens, P. (2001). Science and technical writing . New York: Routledge. WZ 345 S4416 2001 [Reference] (also available as an e-book)

Shelton, J. H. (1994). Handbook for technical writing. Lincolnwood, IL: NTC Business Books. e-book

Taylor, R. B. (2005). The clinician's guide to medical writing. New York: Springer. WZ 345 T245c 2005 (also available as an e-book)

Search the catalog to find a broader range of books:

Some recommended books available at other campus libraries. (You can use Carolina BLU Document Delivery to have them sent to the HSL):

Booth, W. C., Colomb, G. G., & Williams, J. M. (2008). The craft of research. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Q180.55.M4 B66 2008 [Davis] (2003 edition available at the HSL)

The Chicago manual of style (15th ed). (2003). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Z253 .U69 2003 [Davis Reference and others]

Graff, G., & Birkenstein, C. (2006). "They say/I say" : The moves that matter in academic writing. New York: W. W.Norton. PE1431 .G73 2006 [Davis]

Hacker, D. (1992). A writer's reference. Boston: Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press. PE1408 .H2778 1992 [Davis]

Lunsford, A. A., Ede, L. S., & Matsuda, P. Kei. (2008). The St. Martin's handbook. New York, NY: Bedford/St. Martins. PE1112 .L86 2008 [Undergrad Reference]

McMillan, V., Arnold, R., & Huerta, D. (2006). Writing papers in the biological sciences. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's. QH304 .M36 2006 [Biology/Chemistry]

Swales, J. M., & Feak, C. B. (2004). Academic writing for graduate students : Essential tasks and skills. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. PE1408 .S7836 2004 [Davis]

Williams, J. M. (2005). Style : Ten lessons in clarity and grace. New York: Pearson Longman. PE1421 .W545 2005 [Davis] (2003 edition available at the HSL)