How to Cite

Your teacher may specify how you should acknowledge your sources and may have a style sheet or guide for citing resources. If not, you can refer to the Landmarks Citation Machine located on the Library Home page.

In addition to the resources available through the Library, many colleges have produced guides intended to help students avoid plagiarism. Here are some of the best.

• The Writing Center at Hamilton College offers guidance on Using Sources, including a discussion of how and when to use direct quotations, paraphrase and summaries.
  
  
• UC Davis provides guidance to students wishing to avoid plagiarism by Mastering the Art of Scholarship. This document emphasizes the correct citation of sources.
  
  
• The Writing Place at Northwestern University has developed an excellent site an avoiding plagiarism. The site focuses on common mistakes of paraphrasing.