If you're using citations from databases, the library catalog or citation generators, make sure you check your citations to see that they are in the correct format.

Citation managers like Zotero and Mendeley can help you keep track of the sources you gather for your assignment. You can add PDF copies of articles, links to websites. They also can help to formulate citations.

About Zotero

Zotero is a standalone software program that works with Firefox, Chrome and Safari. It allows users to:

• Create a databases of citations by easily selecting items from your browser
• Attach and organize your PDFs
• Sync your database to the cloud
• Share group libraries with others
• Create bibliographies in a variety of styles

How to Use Zotero

• Zotero Quick Start Guide

• How to use Zotero 

• Zotero help documentation

• Zotero Citation Styles and Zotero Style Repository

These quizzes and tutorials will help you recognize and avoid plagiarism.

The University of Minnesota Duluth takes academic integrity very seriously.

• Scholastic Dishonesty - UMD Office of Student Conduct
• UMD Student Academic Integrity Policy
• Academic Dishonesty - Did You Know?