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The UCWbL's guides on AP, APA, Chicago, and MLA style focus on the how-to and why of each style, including
Our Citation & Styles resources help writers to value the intellectual property of other writers through the attribution of ideas and knowledge and properly citing their works, consistent with the DePaul University code of Academic Integrity.
The content in this section reflects our day-to-day work with writers in Workshops, peer tutoring in the Writing Center, in course-specific writing supported by the Writing Fellows Program, and in UCWbL resources for faculty.
In the spirit of our Core Belief 5, "all writers, no matter how accomplished, can improve their writing by sharing works in progress and revising through constructive criticism," we welcome feedback about these guides via email or via Twitter or Facebook.
Anytime you refer to someone else's words or ideas that are not your own, you should credit the source. This applies whether you are
or
Depending on the citation style you're using, you should use an in-text citation in the body of your text (summary, paraphrase, or direct quotation) and a full reference to each source, a footnote, or an endnote.
Citation achieves the following four ends:
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What citation style you use depends on what genre you're writing, what discipline or subject area you're writing in and for, what your publisher or journal requires, and for course-based assignments, what is required by your instructor and/or what is listed on your assignment.
Typically, you will use MLA for disciplines in the humanities, APA for disciplines in the social sciences, Chicago or Turabian for history, and CSE for the sciences.
The UCWbL neither recommends citation generators nor discourages their use. It's up to you!
Because style guide rules and standards change, using automatic citation generators may result in formatting inconsistent with the latest edition of style guidelines, so if you do use a citation generator, check the formatting it produces against the latest edition of the citation style you are writing in for accuracy.
DePaul provides students, staff, and faculty free access to EndNote 7, citation and bibliography software for Windows or Mac
In short "Turabian" is a version of The Chicago Manual of Style designed for students and non-professional writers.
For more information on these differences, check out the Turabian style quick guide from the University of Chicago Press.
For more information about Kate L. Turabian, from whom Turabian style takes its name, see Who was Kate Turabian from the University of Chicago Press.
A bibliography, references list, and works cited page refer to the same thing: they each list the bibliographic entries for sources referenced within your paper. The name of this bibliographic entries list and its formatting depend on the citation style.
An annotated bibliography includes an annotation about each sources that includes summary and reflection about each source. In addition, the paragraphs ought to explain the source's relevance to both the paper and the other entries in the bibliography.
In it's most recent Academic Integrity Policy, DePaul University defines plagiarism as
Any use of words, ideas, or other work products attributed to an identifiable source, without attributing the work to the source from which it was obtained, in a situation where there is a legitimate expectation of original authorship.
You can avoid plagiarism by citing your sources appropriately whenever you quote, paraphrase, summarize, or otherwise use others' ideas or words. Use the appropriate style guide for detailed instructions on how and when to cite.
If you are not sure what constitutes plagiarism, check out DePaul's Academic Integrity Policy, schedule an appointment at the Writing Center, or, if you are a student, ask your professor.
