Political Science

If you're having trouble keeping track of your research sources and citing them all correctly, consider using RefWorks.  RefWorks is a citation management tool that can save you a lot of time and stress.  It can even create a Works Cited page for your project.  Sign-up for an account - it's free and you can keep using it even after you graduate.  

• To acknowledge where you found your ideas

• Lend credibility to your ideas

• Allow others to verify your facts

• Provide your readers with a link to additional sources on the topic

When

• Quoting  - using another's exact words.  Put them in quotation marks

• Paraphrasing - re-stating another's ideas in your own words

• Summarizing - summing up a lengthly passage in one or two sentences of your own

All sources used, whether quoted, prarphrased , or summarized must be citing using the appropriate citation method.

• Start research early, so you are not rushed at the end
• Take good notes
• Keep track of your sources/citations to works consulted
• Know what you need to cite, what you don't, and how to do it
• Use the appropriate style manual
• Ask for help!

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              At the Library

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