STARS (Sure-fire Techniques for Achieving Research Success)

Step 6: Writing Your Paper and Citing Your Sources

Resources to help you with the writing process

	How to Write a College Paper (Villanova University Writing Center). See especially: Getting Started Writing the Paper Grammar and prose The Elements of Style Make an appointment at the Writing Center for individualized assistance with your writing.
	Writing a Research Paper (Purdue University). See especially: Preparing the outline The first draft Revisions

Citing your sources

	Guides to documentation styles
	Especially useful: Research and Documentation Online by Diana Hacker

Academic Integrity concerns and avoiding plagiarism

	Take a quiz to see how much you know
	What is plagiarism? "Plagiarism is a difficult concept to define. It includes a range of actions from failure to use proper citation to wholesale cheating. A student who plagiarizes may do so unintentionally or it could be a deliberate adoption or reproduction of ideas or words or statements of another person as one’s own without acknowledgement." from QuickStudy (University of Minnesota Libraries).
	Villanova University Academic Integrity Gateway
	Villanova University Academic Integrity Code

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Adapted with permission from the JSCC Library Information Literacy Tutorial.
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Last Modified: December 16, 2007