For a quick introduction and overview to citing and citation managers, the library has created the following video: Citing and Citation Management: Tips and Tricks from Queen's University Library
A citation is a reference to a source that enables readers to identify it. Citations usually include the author, title, name of book or journal and volume (for articles) publisher, date and other identifying information.
Portland State University Library shows how to read a citation to determine if it is a book, book chapter or journal article.
Citing sources in an important part of your research process as it documents what sources you have used in writing your paper and enables the reader to locate the sources you have consulted.
This course uses APA Style:
Many students, particularly upper-year and graduate students, use citation management tools to help collect, organize, cite and share references. Queen's IT Services has obtained licensing for EndNote. There are numerous free options, namely Zotero and Mendeley, that are worth consideration as well.
For a comparison of citation managers as well as instructions for downloading EndNote visit the library's Citing and Citation Managers Libguide.
The Oxford English Dictionary defines plagiarism as the “wrongful appropriation…and publication as one’s own, of the ideas, or the expression of the ideas (literary, artistic, musical, mechanical, etc.) of another (2nd ed., 1989).
Plagiarism is a serious offense. Check Iowa State University’s guide on Understanding Plagiarism and the website Academic Integrity @ Queen's.
Refer to the following guides for more information: