Citing Sources & Plagiarism Avoidance
Citing your information resources properly is a very important step in the research paper process. Proper citation helps guard against plagiarism, points your readers back to the original sources where you found your information, and helps to contribute to the scholarly conversation that takes place in academia.
- Citing SourcesA guide about citing sources in different styles.
- Academic HonestyThis section of the Baylor NSE Library Lampposts explores Academic Honesty, the Scholarly Conversation, Attribution and Copyright.
Style, Editing, & Proofreading
- Editing & Proofreading (UNC Writing Center)This handout from the Writing Center and UNC-Chapel Hill provides some tips and strategies for revising your writing.
- Style & Editing (U Toronto Writing Center)From the University of Toronto Writing Center, comes this great list of links for help in all sorts of style and editing issues. From the "hit parade" of grammar and punctuation issues to unbiased language to comma splices to passive voice.
- Strunk's "Elements of Style"The classic guide to good style in English writing, this online version is the original edition before E.B. White added his material to the work.
The Largest Library in the World
The largest library in the world is in Washington, D.C.:
The Great Hall of the Library of Congress
