Pre-columbian art, architecture, and history: Cite Sources

Kean University's Academic Integrity Policy explains the importance placed on intellectual honesty, personal ethics and values for all members of the Kean academic community.

Plagiarism is one type of academic integrity violation, and it has very serious consequences. In order to avoid committing plagiarism, the work presented by an individual must truly represent the work of that person, and such work must acknowledge the source of any words, ideas, data, images, music, etc. that have been incorporated into a paper, presentation, Web site, multimedia project, and so on. 

Citations to the original source material must accompany word-for-word quotes enclosed in quotation marks, block quotations, and paraphrased material (ideas that you have put into your own words).

While you gather source material for your research projects, make sure that you keep track of the information you will need in order to acknowledge your sources.

Use -- an online bibliographic citation manager -- to keep track of the books and articles you locate in various research databases. You can also manually add citation information to EndNote Online from books and print journals articles you have on hand. 

EndNote Online will help you to organize your source information and then to create bibliographies in your required citation styles (such as APA or MLA).

Find out more about EndNote Online, including how to sign up for your own free account

The following citation style guides are available through the Nancy Thompson Learning Commons. Books with a Call Number beginning with the letters "Ref" are shelved in alphanumeric order by call number in the Reference Collection on the second floor or at the Reference Desk on the first floor. Books with the designation "Electronic Resource" are e-books, which are accessible by clicking the hyperlinked title.

The following Websites provide formatting and documentation rules for various citation styles.

The following brochure provides information regarding documenting sources in various citation styles, including APA, MLA, Chicago style, and more.