Plagiarism Warning!
Plagiarism is a major concern at every level in education and publishing. Rutgers has several resources to help you avoid it, including the Rutgers Academic Integrity Policy.
APA Style
APA stands for American Psychological Association and is a common formatting style for essays and papers in various disciplines. APA style has unique formats for in-text citations and reference pages.
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Purdue OWLExamples for the general format of APA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the reference page. The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University houses writing resources and instructional material, as a free service.
Cite Right blog posts
Managing the research process with citation managament tools
With a research and bibliographic management tool such as RefWorks or EndNote, you can
- import or manually upload citations and full-text articles from databases and websites
- organize, customize, and store information in folders and subfolders
- read, highlight, and annotate documents
- add in-text citations and footnotes to a paper directly from your RefWorks library
- create and format a bibliography in a variety of citation styles
- share documents to collaborate with other researchers
- Cite Right: Managing CitationsA blog post on the importance of citing right and how to do it.
Related Guides
- RefWorksThis guide is for users new to citation management and RefWorks. It focuses on using the "new" RefWorks, i. e., the ProQuest RefWorks or RefWorks 3.
- EndNoteEndNote is a citation management tool used by researchers, faculty, and students to store, organize and cite references. This guide is to show how to use EndNote effectively. Includes tutorials and instructions.
- RU Citing? Solutions & Strategies for Avoiding Plagiarism: Links & TutorialsA comprehensive collection of information and resources about plagiarism created by Rutgers librarians.
RefWorks Citation Manager and RCM (formerly known as Write-N-Cite)
RefWorks offers an optional utility that allows you to run an abbreviated version of RefWorks in Microsoft Word.
RefWorks Citation Manager (RCM on the Word ribbon) is a newer, more modern version of Write-N-Cite. Use RefWorks Citation Manager if you are using Word 2016. Use Write-N-Cite for previous versions.
You can cite references in a manuscript with one click and watch your paper format instantly including in-text citations, footnotes and your bibliography. The utility installs a RefWorks tab in the MS Word ribbon or you can access it from the References tab in Microsoft Word.
Citing Options without Citation Managers
Creating Perfect A+ Citations
- QuickSearch: Use the citation symbol in the record and select Chicago Style.
- BEST for: Articles found in QuickSearch, scholarly articles found elsewhere, newspaper articles.
- TIP: Paste the title in quotes in QuickSearch, check the Expand My Search box on the right to search for the record in libraries outside of Rutgers.
- Databases: Look for a CITE option. E.g., in the ProQuest databases, select the article and click on the citation symbol in the top right corner.
- BEST for: Saving instant citations for articles found in the database, including newspaper articles.
- ALTERNATIVES: QuickSearch, Google Scholar, manual citation.
- Google Scholar: Preferably from the RUL link. Use the citation symbol below the record and select APA Style.
- BEST for: Scholarly articles found anywhere.
- TIP: Paste the title in quotes in Google Scholar.
- Manual Editing: Always double check the citations generated by any of the above methods. Use the Purdue OWL or the Chicago Manual of Style.
- BEST for: Anything and everything, if you want that A+ for your paper!
- TIP: Use manual citations for web sites and other primary documents.
See more from Purdue OWL on how to format your references.