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Marywood University Library: Cite Your Sources

A healthy bibliography or reference list shows that you've done a solid research job. Compiling a bibliography will help you:

learn about your topic
discover the experts and important writings in your field;
and will direct your readers who want to learn more about
your topic to other resources.

The following links will take you directly to pages of sample citations for the style indicated.

OWL: Using Modern Language Association (MLA) Format - Purdue University
OWL: APA Formatting and Style Guide - Purdue University
APA "Crash Course" Interactive Tutorial - Covers APA 7th edition updates; by Valencia and Seminole State College
OWL: APA Formatting for Electronic Resources - Purdue University
OWL: Chicago Manual of Style 17th Edition - Purdue University

Copyright & Fair Use of Information

Copyright and Fair Use (Stanford University)
includes relevant statutes, judicial opinions, regulations, treaties, library guidelines, articles on fair use
Copyright Clearance Center

Turnitin.com

Turnitin.com is a plagiarism detection service available to the faculty at Marywood University. Students submit their papers electronically, and then Turnitin compares the content of those papers to over a billion other papers and documents. Whenever similarities between a student's paper and an existing document are found, Turnitin highlights those similarities, providing the instructor with an annotated document showing both the student's paper and the original source.