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• Has the author written several articles on the topic, and do they have the credentials to be an expert in their field?
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• When was the source published or updated? Is there a date shown?
• Does the publication date make sense in relation to the information presented to your argument?
• Does the source even have a date?
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Don't let plagiarism errors spoil your paper

Consider your source's credibility. ask these questions:, contributor/author.

• Has the author written several articles on the topic, and do they have the credentials to be an expert in their field?
• Can you contact them? Do they have social media profiles?
• Have other credible individuals referenced this source or author?
• Book: What have reviews said about it?
• What do you know about the publisher/sponsor? Are they well-respected?
• Do they take responsibility for the content? Are they selective about what they publish?
• Take a look at their other content. Do these other articles generally appear credible?
• Does the author or the organization have a bias? Does bias make sense in relation to your argument?
• Is the purpose of the content to inform, entertain, or to spread an agenda? Is there commercial intent?
• Are there ads?
• When was the source published or updated? Is there a date shown?
• Does the publication date make sense in relation to the information presented to your argument?
• Does the source even have a date?
• Was it reproduced? If so, from where?
• If it was reproduced, was it done so with permission? Copyright/disclaimer included?
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Scribbr Citation Generator

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• Introduction
• Finding sources

Evaluating sources

• Integrating sources

Citing sources

Tools and resources, a quick guide to working with sources.

Working with sources is an important skill that you’ll need throughout your academic career.

It includes knowing how to find relevant sources, assessing their authority and credibility, and understanding how to integrate sources into your work with proper referencing.

This quick guide will help you get started!

Finding relevant sources

Sources commonly used in academic writing include academic journals, scholarly books, websites, newspapers, and encyclopedias. There are three main places to look for such sources:

• Research databases: Databases can be general or subject-specific. To get started, check out this list of databases by academic discipline . Another good starting point is Google Scholar .
• Your institution’s library: Use your library’s database to narrow down your search using keywords to find relevant articles, books, and newspapers matching your topic.
• Other online resources: Consult popular online sources like websites, blogs, or Wikipedia to find background information. Be sure to carefully evaluate the credibility of those online sources.

When using academic databases or search engines, you can use Boolean operators to refine your results.

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In academic writing, your sources should be credible, up to date, and relevant to your research topic. Useful approaches to evaluating sources include the CRAAP test and lateral reading.

CRAAP is an abbreviation that reminds you of a set of questions to ask yourself when evaluating information.

• Currency: Does the source reflect recent research?
• Relevance: Is the source related to your research topic?
• Authority: Is it a respected publication? Is the author an expert in their field?
• Accuracy: Does the source support its arguments and conclusions with evidence?
• Purpose: What is the author’s intention?

Lateral reading

Lateral reading means comparing your source to other sources. This allows you to:

• Verify evidence
• Contextualize information
• Find potential weaknesses

If a source is using methods or drawing conclusions that are incompatible with other research in its field, it may not be reliable.

Integrating sources into your work

Once you have found information that you want to include in your paper, signal phrases can help you to introduce it. Here are a few examples:

Following the signal phrase, you can choose to quote, paraphrase or summarize the source.

• Quoting : This means including the exact words of another source in your paper. The quoted text must be enclosed in quotation marks or (for longer quotes) presented as a block quote . Quote a source when the meaning is difficult to convey in different words or when you want to analyze the language itself.
• Paraphrasing : This means putting another person’s ideas into your own words. It allows you to integrate sources more smoothly into your text, maintaining a consistent voice. It also shows that you have understood the meaning of the source.
• Summarizing : This means giving an overview of the essential points of a source. Summaries should be much shorter than the original text. You should describe the key points in your own words and not quote from the original text.

Whenever you quote, paraphrase, or summarize a source, you must include a citation crediting the original author.

Citing your sources is important because it:

• Allows you to avoid plagiarism
• Establishes the credentials of your sources
• Backs up your arguments with evidence
• Allows your reader to verify the legitimacy of your conclusions

The most common citation styles are APA, MLA, and Chicago style. Each citation style has specific rules for formatting citations.

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Introduction.

EasyBib  is a  free  online citation & bibliography generator. The free version provides tools for creating bibliographies using the MLA citation style. A paid subscription is required to generate citations in the  APA  and  Chicago/Turabian  format. EasyBib also includes resources for note-taking and research.

EasyBib Citation Guides

EasyBib provides citation guides for APA, Chicago/Turabian, and MLA citation formats.

• APA Format for Students & Researchers
• Chicago/Turabian Style Guide
• MLA Format: Everything You Need to Know Here

Proofread Bibliographies

Please note that bibliographies created using  EasyBib  may not be perfectly formatted. It is imperative that you proofread your bibliography and correct any errors or omissions. Review the resources on the  Consult   Citation Style Resources   page for help with various citation style rules.

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 EasyBib is...

an online literacy platform that allows for the easy creation, saving, and management of citation sources and bibliographic information for your research. 

 What can you do with it?

• The free service provides citation assistance with MLA format, and allows you to save your citations and access them through a secured login account. 
• Allows you to save cited sources found online through Marshall databases, and export them into their correct MLA citation format. 
• Access your saved citation and bibliographic information from any online accessible PC.
• Additional paid service allows you access to grammar proofreading, expert level writing advice, plagiarism detection, and assistance with citation formats beyond MLA. 

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Free AMA Citation Generator

Generate accurate American Medical Association style citations quickly and automatically, with MyBib!

😕 What is an AMA Citation Generator?

An AMA citation generator is a tool that creates citations in the American Medical Association citation style. It analyzes the details of an article or academic paper--such as author, title, and publish date--and creates a formatted citation with them automatically. The formatted citation can then be used to give credit to others whose work has been referenced in an academic work or paper.

👩‍🎓 Who uses an AMA Citation Generator?

The AMA citation style is a variation of the Vancouver style, adapted by the American Medical Association, and is used in their publications:

• JAMA Network Open
• JAMA Cardiology
• JAMA Dermatology
• JAMA Health Forum
• JAMA Internal Medicine
• JAMA Neurology
• JAMA Oncology
• JAMA Ophthalmology
• JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
• JAMA Pediatrics
• JAMA Psychiatry
• JAMA Surgery

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If you are writing to be published in an AMA journal, or if you are a student in a health or medical field, then you will likely need to use AMA style citations to reference others' work within yours.

🙌 Why should I use a Citation Generator?

Every academic field, not just medical, will recommend using a tool to record references to others' work in your writing. A citation generator like MyBib can record this data, and can also automatically create an accurate reference list from it, with the necessary in-text citations too.

⚙️ How do I use MyBib's AMA Citation Generator?

MyBib's AMA citation generator was designed to be fast and easy to use. Follow these steps:

• Search for the article, website, or document you want to cite using the search box at the top of the page.
• Look through the list of results found and choose the one that you referenced in your work.
• Make sure the details are all correct, an change any that aren't. Then click Cite!

The generator will produce a formatted AMA citation that can be copied and pasted directly into your document, or saved to MyBib as part of your overall bibliography (which can be downloaded fully later!).

MyBib supports the following for AMA style:

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Zotero is a free, open-source reference management tool that offers both a downloadable software for Windows, Mac, and Linux and browser extensions for Chrome , Firefox , or Safari .

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• Sort research into collections and create keywords as tags
• Save and annotate snapshots of web pages within citation library
• Unlimited Zotero library sharing with other users at no additional cost
• Save publication data from websites, journal articles, newspapers, and PDFs in user’s library
• Redirect through the user’s institutional proxy to access PDFs
• Zotero Connector (free)
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• Saves citations to online Zotero library
• Redirects user to institutional subscriptions 
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• Synchronize PDFs, images, web snapshots, and other files across shared computers
• Share Zotero attachments in group libraries and access files via Zotero library
• Free 300 MB storage with more storage options at affordable rates 
• A free, simple, web-based tool for creating bibliographies, based on the same saving and citation functionality in Zotero.
• Similar to tools like CitationMachine and EasyBib, ZoteroBib but without advertisements. 
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UCI provides free Overleaf Professional accounts for all students, faculty and staff. For more information, see the UCI Overleaf website .

For information about Zotero integration with Overleaf, see the following tutorials:

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