SOC 380/WGS 320: Documenting 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

Should I Cite This? (Purdue OWL)

Many of our databases provide you with help formatting your citations according to APA, MLA, or other citation styles. 

In the EBSCO databases (Academic Search Complete, Historical Abstracts, PsycInfo), when you print, email, or save your citations, you can change the setting from the default "standard field format" to "citation format", and then choose the style you want.

• Son of Citation Machine  
  (Beginning-level / APA, MLA)
• Zotero