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NUR 100: Intro to Professional Nursing (Zuckerman): Avoiding Plagiarism

Why cite your sources?

USM's Academic Integrity Policy is one reason, but not the only one.

We cite in order to:

  • give credit to those whose work we use
  • facilitate our readers' efforts to find out more about the topic
  • show where our work fits into the scholarly conversation about the topic
  • document that we have researched our topic and based our conclusions on credible sources

Notetaking tips

Fixing the URL at the end of a reference (from the CITE feature)

If the CITE feature in CINAHL gives you a URL like this one

https://doi-org.wv-o-ursus-proxy01.ursus.maine.edu/10.1186/s13018-021-02256-1

  1. Take everything after the ".edu"
  2. Add "https://doi.org/" in front of it.

Then your DOI should look like this

https://doi.org/10.1186/s13018-021-02256-1

Add it to the end of your APA reference.  This sample APA reference should look like this

Espejo-Reina, A., Carrascal-Morillo, M. T., & Delgado-Martínez, A. D. (2021).

Comparison of two different ways to apply a circular plaster cast for distal radius fractures: Biomechanical study. Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Research, 16(1), 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13018-021-02256-1