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What is Plagiarism?
What Academic Honesty means at UMass
From the Ad Hoc Committee on Student Plagiarism of the Faculty Senate
Avoiding Plagiarism
Quick tips
Understanding what plagiarism is
Guides and tutorials
Style Guides
Chicago Manual of Style
The newly updated online version. From off-campus, you'll need your NetID.
Writing Scientific Manuscripts: A Guide for Undergraduates
Designed
as a resource for undergraduate science researchers who are getting
ready to write up their research for a journal. Sections on article
structure, and on figures, tables, equations and references.
Scientific writing: a reader and writer's guide, Jean-Luc LeBrun
This book focuses on writing style, as well as the more technical aspects of scientific writing.
The Elements of Style, by William Strunk, Jr. and E.B. White (aka Strunk and White)
This classic work will be helpful for any serious writing.
"No stile of writing is so delightful as that which is all pith, which never omits a necessary word, nor uses an unnecessary one."
Getting Started
Research Tips Videos
These short (<5 minute) videos can help you get going with library research. These videos have soundtracks. Captioning is available--just click the CC button at the bottom of the viewer.
Videos are still being added--check this page for updates!
- Research: Where to start?
(3:34) Academic research is different from other types of information seeking. Learn where to locate the best information on your research topic. - Choosing the right database (1:54) Which of the 300+ databases available to you through the UMass Amherst Libraries is the best one for your search? This video will help you figure it out.
- Looking for articles (4:03) Learn how to make the most of the Libraries' databases to find the best articles on your topic.
- Thinking like a database (4:11) Have you ever typed a search into a database only to see the dreaded words “no results found”? This video will teach you to think like a database and pull out the best articles on your topic.
- I found this source, but should I use it?
Learn to gauge the quality and credibility of the sources you find and determine where they fit into the literature on your topic. - Looking for books Tips on searching the Libraries' catalog and other tools to find books on your topic--at UMass and beyond.
Contact me |
Maxine SchmidtIntegrated Sciences and Engineering Library
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA 01003
413-545-6739
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