History of South Asia I (21:510:280): Citing Your Sources

Not sure when you need to cite something? Test yourself and take the quiz.

Remember that plagerism is a violation of the Rutgers University Academic Integrity Policy and could result in your dismissal from the University!

You will most likely be using Chicago/Turabian style when citing the sources that you use in your research papers. The Chicago Manual of Style and Turabian's Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations are both available at the Dana Library Reference Desk. The Writing Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison also has a nice introduction to Chicago/Turabian Documentation that will give you the basic information you need to create bibliographic citations.

The Library of Congress has a guide on How to Cite Electronic Sources that show Turabian-style examples.

You can also import references from the library Catalog and many of the electronic databases into RefWorks, a web-based bibliography and database manager. RefWorks will build your bibliography for you based on whatever style sheet you specify (MLA, Chicago, etc.). For information on setting up your (free) RefWorks account see the RefWorks FAQ.

Proquest has created a number of short YouTube videos that you may find helpful.

Capturing Research with "Save to RefWorks"

Adding References in New RefWorks Using Direct Export

Organizing Imported References into Folders in New RefWorks

Finding Full Text & Saving File Attachments

Manually Adding References in New RefWorks

Creating a Bibliography with New RefWorks