Subject Research, Course Guides, Documentation: Sophomore Research Library: Identity and Security in a Technological World: Links

Why citation is important

Citation Tools

Sample Citation and Introduction to Citing Journal Articles
The general format for a reference to a journal article. Includes a link to examples.
RefWorks Login
RefWorks -- an online research management, writing and collaboration tool -- is designed to help researchers easily gather, manage, store and share all types of information, as well as generate citations and bibliographies.
RefWorks at Union College
Information about creating an account and using the citation tool.
Research and Documentation Online
The information on this site is also available in a print book, Research and Documentation in the Electronic Age, Fifth Edition, by Diana Hacker and Barbara Fister.
Citation Style
Schaffer Library's links to online guides to various citation styles.

Sample MLA Citations

Images from the in-class exercise

What is an annotated bibliography?

Pre-reading for Library Hour

Chapters 3 & 4: Craft of Research
Booth, Wayne C., Gregory G. Colomb, and Joseph M. Williams. The Craft of Research, 3rd ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008. Also available in print form.
Jill, Lindsay, Anna, Thomas
Doctorow, Cory. “Censorship Is Inseparable from Surveillance.” The Guardian, March 2,
2012.
Ashwin, Kailee, Douglas, Rebecca
Giles, Jim. “The Oracle of Facebook.” New Scientist 214, no. 2862 (April 28, 2012): 40–43.
Mark, Alex, Dan, Stephen
Jain, Anil K., and Sharath Pankanti. “Beyond Fingerprinting.” Scientific American 299, no. 3 (September 2008): 78–81.
Peter, Ryan, Dillon, Samuel
Rosenblum, Andrew. “Spy vs. Spy.” Popular Science 279, no. 2 (August 2011): 27–29.

Course Reserves

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