The best way to avoid plagiarism is to know how to incorporate the words and ideas of others into your work. This begins in the research process. As you research a topic and begin to gather articles, books, web resources and more on whatever you are researching, you need a way to keep track of where you acquired this information so you can properly give credit to the author of the material.
- Bedford Research Room
http://bedfordstmartins.com/researchroom/
This page provides links to the many online resources connected to Mike Palmquist’s The Bedford Researcher. Of particular note are the many research checklists (on topics such as narrowing a topic,
planning a search
, taking notes
, and avoiding plagiarism
), “How to” guides that cover everything from searching online library catalogs
, databases
, and web sites
, to developing a research question
and evaluating sources
, and links to research tutorials and the Bedford Bibliographer
(a free web tool for generating bibliographic citations in MLA, APA and Chicago styles).