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Citation managers help you collect, organize, cite, and share research. Click on the links below for guidance on using these tools.
For help learning these tools, contact an expert listed on the tool's guide or sign up for one of our workshops:
Organizing your research can help make the writing and citing process easier. Use tips from this page to guide you in this step.
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There are many different types of academic and professional writing styles. The four guidebooks below represent some of the major ones. Use these guides to learn how professional researchers and writers prepare their manuscripts for publication or sharing.
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MLA Handbook |
APA Manual |
Chicago Manual |
CSE Manual |
Although these resources are not official, they are still credible and very useful! If one of these websites doesn't answer your question, check out the official style guide or contact a librarian for help!
These helpful guided from UO Libraries provide information on various citation styles.
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Attribution statements give credit to the original creator(s) whenever you reuse or re-purpose their content. If someone reused your creative works would you want them to give you attribution?
“Creative Commons 10th Birthday Celebration San Francisco” by tvol is licensed under CC BY 2.0
What's the difference between attribution and a citation? |
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Citation |
Attribution |
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Academic and legal purposes (plagiarism and copyright infringement). |
Legal purposes (e.g., rules of Creative Commons licenses). |
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The rights of the copy (meaning copyright) are NOT shared with the general public by the copyright holder. |
Copyright IS shared with the general public by the copyright holder by marking the work with an open-copyright license. |
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Protects an author who wants to refer to a restricted work by another author. |
Author of an open work has given advanced permissions to use their work. |
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Used to quote or paraphrase a limited portion of a restricted work. |
Used to quote (or paraphrase) all or a portion of an openly licensed work. |
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Can paraphrase, but cannot change work without permission. |
Author has give advanced permission to change work. |
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Many citation styles are available: APA, Chicago, MLA. |
Attribution statement styles are still emerging, but there are some defined best practices. |
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A reference list of cited resources are typically placed at the end of the book. |
Attribution statements are found on the same page as the resource. |
First of all, congratulations on making it this far! You may still have some loose ends to tie up, and that is OK. Take a moment to think back through your research process. Did you learn any helpful tips along the way? Are there new strategies that you can use for future projects or papers?
Do you still need more information? You can go back to previous steps at any time to revisit your research question or look for more or different sources of information.
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