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Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University’s Research and Citation Resources

MLA (Modern Language Association) Resources

MLA Handbook. 8th ed., Modern Language Association of America, 2016.

The MLA Style Center https://style.mla.org/

Ask the MLA FAQ https://style.mla.org/category/ask-the-mla/

Behind the Style Blog https://style.mla.org/category/behind-the-style/

APA (American Psychological Association) Resources

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. 7th ed., American Psychological Association, 2019.

APA Style https://apastyle.apa.org/

APA Style Instructional Aids https://apastyle.apa.org/instructional-aids/

APA Style Blog https://apastyle.apa.org/blog/

Chicago Resources

The Chicago Manual of Style. 17th ed., University of Chicago Press, 2017.

Chicago Style Citation Quick Guide https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html

Chicago Style Q&A https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/qanda/topicList

CMOS Shop Talk blog https://cmosshoptalk.org/

NLM (National Library of Medicine) Resources

Citing Medicine: the NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers. 2nd ed., National Library of Medicine, 2007.

Find it online at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK7256/

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Clone

Submitting another's work, word-for-word, as one's own

CTRL+C

Contains significant portions of text from a single source without alterations

Find – Replace

Changing key words and phrases but retaining the essential content of the source

Remix

Paraphrases from multiple sources, made to fit together

Recycle

Borrows generously from the writer's previous work without citation

Hybrid

Combines perfectly cited sources with copied passages without citation

Mashup

Mixes copied material from multiple sources

404 Error

Includes citations to non-existent or inaccurate information about sources

Aggregator

Includes proper citation to sources but the paper contains almost no original work

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