Research Guides: Master in Community Development Policy and Practice (MCD, MACDPP: Citing & Writing

Connors Writing Center

Connors Writing Center
Specific services to support graduate students are available. CWC is located in Dimond 329 and appointments are highly recommended.
CWC - Resources
Access CWC handouts, links to recommended resources, and oral presentation advice
Online Writing Lab
Assists students who would like help with their writing but are unable to come by the Connors Writing Center on the Durham campus.

Zotero

Which version do you need?

Do you want ZoteroBib? It's a quick, easy way to create the occasional bibliography, without creating an account. FAQs
Or the full version of Zotero that can help you archive and curate sources over a period of time?

Download and install:

Go to Zotero.org and click Download now.
Download Zotero 6 for your operating systems AND the Zotero Connector for the browser you use.

Library Tutorials: Zotero Series
Very brief tutorials on Zotero basics
Zotero (UNH Durham)
This guide has more details on getting and using Zotero.
Zotero Video Tutorials
List of videos produced after the release of Zotero 5.0 in July 2017

APA Style Resources

APA Style
The APA's own website for style and grammar guidelines from the seventh edition.
The OWL at Purdue APA Formatting and Style Guide
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th edition (2020)
AKA "The APA Style Manual." Print locations.

Styles and Databases

Some library databases allow you to get bibliographic information in selected styles such as APA when emailing and saving records.

Always double check citations produced electronically to make sure they are in correct APA style. No citation generator is infallible.

Plagiarism, Copyright, and Fair Use

Plagiarism is a very serious academic transgression. Copyright law, and exceptions such as fair use, can be complex. To learn more, check out the following resources:

Avoiding Plagiarism
From OWL at Purdue
How to Avoid Plagiarism
From Northwestern University
Plagiarism.org
Sponsored by iParadigms LLC, makers of Turnitin, WriteCheck, and iThenticate.
Copyright
Basic information and links, from UNH Library

Publishing Your Work in a Journal

If you're thinking of publishing your research in an academic journal or are invited to publish y a journal you're unfamiliar with, here are some resources that may help:

Think. Check. Submit.
Offers a check list to make sure you choose trusted journals for your research.
Authors' Rights
Resources that provide information for managing your rights as an author.
Open Access Publishing
Recommendations from Eleta Exline, Scholarly Communication Librarian at UNH. Feel free to contact Eleta for additional assistance.

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Bibliographic and access information for thosands of serials. Entries provide ISSN, publisher, language, subject, abstracting & indexing coverage, full-text database coverage, tables of contents, and reviews written by librarians.