SLHS 330 Writing In SLHS

Not only do you need to cite your sources, but you need to format them according to a particular style. Your instructor will often ask you to use a certain style in your paper. For this course, you will use either APA (American Psychological Association) or AMA (American Medical Association) format.

The UMass Amherst Writing Center, located in the Learning Commons on the Lower Level of Du Bois Library, has a page devoted to resources about various aspects of writing and research.

If creating citations has you stressed, there are several different tools out there that will help you with formatting. To learn more about what citation managers can do and to see a handy chart comparing the tools UMass Amherst Libraries support, click the link below!

You can also check out the page on this guide for Zotero to learn more about it.

There are several types of Academic Dishonesty listed in the UMass Amherst Academic Integrity Policy. The one that comes up most often in writing assignments is plagiarism, which the policy defines as:

"knowingly representing the words, ideas, art, and/or creative works of another, including generative AI tools, as one's own work in any academic exercise. This includes submitting without citation, in whole or in part, prewritten term papers, research, art, or other creative works by others, including but not limited to commercial vendors who sell or distribute such materials."

Here are some links for more information about avoiding academic dishonesty: