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Conard Library Research Guides 

Research guides offer you selected resources in a variety of media in a general topic area. 
The provide a head start as you begin your research project.

• Conard High School Research Guide
  Prepared specifically for Conard students with links to resources and worksheets you have already used.

• Duke Libraries: Guide to Research
  Easy to use, well designed, 7-step guide to the research process.

• Biographical Research Guide

• Conard Online Databases & Catalogs

• Literary Research Guide

• Geographical Data Research Guide

• Student Research Worksheet

Citation Help 

 A paper handout showing MLA Citation style for most commonly cited sources
is available in the library.  Ask at the circulation desk.

• Conard Citing Online Sources Guide
  Instruction and examples to help identify and record all the information required to properly cite your online sources.

• Conard Citing Online Sources Organizer
  Worksheet that can be used with the Guide. Print out as many copies as you need. 
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• APA, MLA, Turabian, Chicago and AMA Citation Styles
  Select the link for any of these formats to view sample citations.

• Citation Machine
  Interactive Web tool designed to assist teachers and students in producing reference citations for crediting information from other people. 

• Cornell University Online Help for Citing Sources
  MLA and other document styles are available here.

• NoodleBib
  WHPS maintains a subscription to this high quality, fee-based system for generating, editing and publishing MLA and APA-style source lists.Contact a library media specialist (521-1350, ext. 5077) for username and password for use outside of school.

• SourceAid
  Free writing and resource tool to help punctuate, format, and produce bibliographies in all four standard styles (MLA, APA, Chicago, & CSE). Registration (free) is required.

• Writer's Handbook
  The University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center has MLA and APA styles of documentation in addition to quoting, paraphrasing and acknowledgment of sources guidance.

Plagiarism and How to Avoid It - A Guide for Conard Students

 

                                                              © Hilary B.Price. Used with special permision of "King Features Syndicate"

• Quick quiz:  When to Cite Sources - True or False?
  
  

• Plagiarism is...

• Copying a paper from the web.

• Using a friend’s paper.

• Using a paper that was written for another class.

• Copying a writer word for word without quotation marks.

• Paraphrasing inadequately – changing just a few words
   while keeping grammar and other aspects of the text the same.

• Using another person’s ideas or facts without attribution.

• It's wrong because... 

• It's cheating.  It's also lying, and it's usually stealing.

• It insults your teacher, your fellow students and your school. 

• It deprives the true authors of credit for their work. 

• It deprives you of a part of your education. 
  (Doing your own work and thinking for yourself is how you learn.) 

• It prevents your readers or audience from discovering where to go for more information on the topic.

• Some examples: Is it plagiarism?  
  
  

• Consequences: Student Handbook Academic Honor Code
  
  

• Now try this quiz:  To Cite or Not to Cite?

Now that you know how important it is to cite your sources, you probably got all the answers right.  But if you want to check the answers to both of the quizzes on this page, see a member of the Conard Library staff.