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Organizing your scholarly articles and other research material may be as simple as saving those document files to your computer and placing them into clearly organized folders. Others may prefer to print out hard copies of your articles and file them in physical file folders.
The Library provides additional approaches to organizing your research materials, as described in this guide. Regardless of which method you choose, organizing your research is a crucial step in the overall research process. By organizing your research material, you will be able to: easily retrieve your sources now and in the future; group similar sources together; and possibly identify potential patterns or links within your research topic.
Another reason to keep your sources and citations organized is to ensure you have the proper information to cite your sources. This is a key part of being an ethical student, researcher, and information-literate citizen.
Students are responsible for the work they submit and must give credit for any information that is not either the result of original research or common knowledge. For example, it would be necessary to give credit to an author who provided an argument about the strategic importance of the Emancipation Proclamation in the American Civil War. Conversely, major historical facts, such as the dates of the American Civil War, are considered common knowledge and do not require that credit be given to a particular author.
If a student borrows ideas or information from another author, he/she must acknowledge the author in the body of the text and on the reference page. If a student borrows the words of another author, they must be careful to use the author’s exact words, enclose them in quotation marks, and cite the source in the body of the text and also on the reference page. If students are unsure whether or not they should cite, they are encouraged to cite. They are also encouraged to ask their instructors for guidance on this issue. Students might also consult writing handbooks such as the Essential Little Brown Handbook, and for formatting questions refer to manuals such as The MLA Handbook for the Humanities, The Publication Manual of the APA for social sciences and business, and The CBE Style Manual for natural and applied sciences.
Additional information and resources regarding plagiarism, including videos and tutorials, are available on the National University Library web pages. Visit https://resources.nu.edu/writingresources/plagiarism and input plagiarism in the search field.
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