The guides listed below walk through the different aspects of the research process.
According to the UMD Office of Student Conduct & Conflict Resolution, "plagiarism is using someone else's thoughts or language and presenting them as your own work." As a student, you may be thinking about plagiarism in terms of staying out of academic trouble, but plagiarism has a further reach than just within your college experience. Plagiarism can contribute towards systems of oppression. Click on the other tab in this box to consider an example from Dr. Samantha Ege.
Citation managers help researchers manage a complex web of scholarly information and resources in a digital format. With a citation manager like Zotero users can store permalinks and citation data, make notes, save PDF documents for later use, create bibliographies, and share research content with colleagues. The Kathryn A. Martin Library supports Zotero with limited assistance available for other citation managers.
About ZoteroZotero is a standalone software program that works with Firefox, Chrome and Safari. It allows users to:
The Writers' Workshop provides free, one-to-one consultations for any member of the UMD campus community seeking to become a better writer.
Because we all write, the Writers' Workshop is open to everyone on campus:
Graduate student or faculty writing consultants will collaborate with you on any project, at any stage in the writing process, and in any discipline. Make an appointment or just walk in. You'll find us in the Securian Learning Commons located on the second floor of UMD's Kathryn A. Martin Library. Look for the wall covered with quotations in the right-hand corner of the second floor.
Research Help is a service where librarians provide guidance, support, and instruction on how to find and use information. You can meet with a librarian when you’re not sure how to get started with a research project, when you’ve hit a wall in your research, or your usual process isn’t working.
