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Using Research
These OWL resources will help you use the research you have conducted in your
documents. This area includes material on quoting and paraphrasing your research
sources, as well as material on how to avoid plagiarism.
Writing with Statistics
This handout explains how to write with statistics including quick tips,
writing descriptive statistics, writing inferential statistics, and using
visuals with statistics.
Strategies for Fair Use
This resource provides a few general strategies about how to use fair use
policies and copyright laws. Anyone dealing with a specific legal issue or
dilemma should contact a lawyer. Anyone making decisions about using multimedia
in a class project should first consult the usage policy of their school or
institution. The US Copyright Act contains relevant but complex sections that
can inform teachers and students making a decision.
Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing
This handout is intended to help you become more comfortable with the uses of
and distinctions among quotations, paraphrases, and summaries. This handout
compares and contrasts the three terms, gives some pointers, and includes a
short excerpt that you can use to practice these skills.
Paraphrase Exercises
This resources discusses how to paraphrase correctly and accurately.
Documenting Electronic Sources
This handout contains links to sources which will help students, teachers,
and anybody doing research on the Internet to cite electronic sources using
different styles. We also have links to some of our OWL handouts about citing
sources.
Avoiding Plagiarism
There are few intellectual offenses more serious than plagiarism in academic
and professional contexts. This resource offers advice on how to avoid
plagiarism in your work.
Writing Scientific Abstracts Presentation
This presentation is designed to acquaint your students with some guidelines
for writing scientific abstracts.
Formatting
in Sociology (ASA Style)
This resource covers American Sociological Association (ASA) style and
includes information about manuscript formatting, in-text citations, formatting
the references page, and accepted manuscript writing style. The bibliographical
format described here is taken from the American Sociological Association
(ASA) Style Guide, 4th edition.
Resources
for Documenting Sources in the Disciplines
This handout provides an exhaustive list of style guide information for
documenting sources in different disciplines. The handout is organized by
discipline and includes both a link to the main organizational website and also
a link for an online guide to using that style.
Citation Style Chart
This media file contains a PDF with a side-by-side comparison of APA, MLA,
and CMS styles. To find a specific example of a citation, use the search
function (Command + F for Mac, Control + F for PC) and type in the type of
example you need, e.g., "Book," "Three or More Authors," "Journal Article," etc.
Chart created by Justin King Rademaekers.
These OWL resources will help you use the research you have conducted in your
documents. This area includes material on quoting and paraphrasing your research
sources, as well as material on how to avoid plagiarism.
Writing with Statistics
This handout explains how to write with statistics including quick tips,
writing descriptive statistics, writing inferential statistics, and using
visuals with statistics.
Strategies for Fair Use
This resource provides a few general strategies about how to use fair use
policies and copyright laws. Anyone dealing with a specific legal issue or
dilemma should contact a lawyer. Anyone making decisions about using multimedia
in a class project should first consult the usage policy of their school or
institution. The US Copyright Act contains relevant but complex sections that
can inform teachers and students making a decision.
Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing
This handout is intended to help you become more comfortable with the uses of
and distinctions among quotations, paraphrases, and summaries. This handout
compares and contrasts the three terms, gives some pointers, and includes a
short excerpt that you can use to practice these skills.
Paraphrase Exercises
This resources discusses how to paraphrase correctly and accurately.
Documenting Electronic Sources
This handout contains links to sources which will help students, teachers,
and anybody doing research on the Internet to cite electronic sources using
different styles. We also have links to some of our OWL handouts about citing
sources.
Avoiding Plagiarism
There are few intellectual offenses more serious than plagiarism in academic
and professional contexts. This resource offers advice on how to avoid
plagiarism in your work.
Writing Scientific Abstracts Presentation
This presentation is designed to acquaint your students with some guidelines
for writing scientific abstracts.
Formatting
in Sociology (ASA Style)
This resource covers American Sociological Association (ASA) style and
includes information about manuscript formatting, in-text citations, formatting
the references page, and accepted manuscript writing style. The bibliographical
format described here is taken from the American Sociological Association
(ASA) Style Guide, 4th edition.
Resources
for Documenting Sources in the Disciplines
This handout provides an exhaustive list of style guide information for
documenting sources in different disciplines. The handout is organized by
discipline and includes both a link to the main organizational website and also
a link for an online guide to using that style.
Citation Style Chart
This media file contains a PDF with a side-by-side comparison of APA, MLA,
and CMS styles. To find a specific example of a citation, use the search
function (Command + F for Mac, Control + F for PC) and type in the type of
example you need, e.g., "Book," "Three or More Authors," "Journal Article," etc.
Chart created by Justin King Rademaekers.