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Why cite?
We cite sources to acknowledge the work of others, as well as to avoid academic dishonesty or plagiarism.
For strategies to help you avoid plagiarizing work, see this series of short videos:
- Introduction to Avoiding Plagiarism (5m 6s)
- Avoiding Plagiarism with Paraphrasing (5m 27s)
- Avoiding Plagiarism with Direct Quotes (4m 50s)
Citation Styles in Laurentian's Social Work Program
At Laurentian, professors will specify the citation style to be used. In Social Work, APA is the style that is normally required. Our guide to citation styles offers a quick introduction to the APA (and other) citation styles.
Managing citations with Zotero
is a free, web-based citation manager that allows you to:
- Directly import references from article databases, the library catalogue, e-book collections, etc.
- Manage and organize your references.
- Create a bibliography.
- Share your references with others
- Add in-text citation and a bibliography directly into your assignment
To enable Zotero's Library Lookup service to find full-text documents licensed by Laurentian University, set Edit->Preferences->Advanced->General->Resolver to https://omni.laurentian.ca/openurl/01OCUL_LU/01OCUL_LU:OMNI
Getting started with Zotero:
- Follow the Managing Citations guide for Laurentian
- Contact the librarian supporting your faculty
- Consult Zotero's documentation, such as the Quick Start Guide or Tutorials