AFRICAN 203: Topics in African Literature: Nuclear Families (Spring 2022) : Writing & Citing Resources
Citations and Bibliographies
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Citing Sources (Tip Sheet)Tips for documenting the essential information needed to cite a source. Video version below.
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Citing Sources Research GuideLibraries guide to citation styles with resources and examples. Check with your instructor about the preferred style for your assignments.
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Purdue OWL (Online Writing Lab)Tips and citation style guides.
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Citation ManagersCitation Managers are software applications that you can use to gather references automatically from article databases, create a personal research database of references and documents. and format citations and bibliographies instantly in a variety of styles in your paper.
Citation: A Very (Brief) Introduction (from NCSU Libraries)
Citing Sources
Writing Assistance
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Writing CenterThe Writing Center provides individual writing assistance to students by appointment at their main location in Helen C. White or by drop in hours at satellite locations across campus, as well as online.
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Writer's HandbookThe Writer's Handbook was designed by the Writing Center as an online help guide to writing papers in college. The Handbook discusses how to improve your writing style, common college writing assignments, the stages of writing, grammar and punctuation, and how to cite references.
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UW-Madison Writing Center's Writer's Handbook: Annotated BibliographyDescription of what an annotated bibliography is.
Understanding Academic Integrity
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So...what exactly is plagiarism? (video)Online tutorial produced by UW-Madison Libraries. An Introduction to Plagiarism.
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Quoting and Paraphrasing (and How to Avoid Plagiarism)Tips from the UW-Madison Writing Center.