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Native American
Indian Studies Research Guide
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| Note: The University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries offers a campuswide subscription to RefWorks, a citation management software that creates and automatically formats bibliographies in various styles, including APA and MLA. |
Scholars in the Humanities
(including English, Comparative Literature, Art and History) favor the
MLA style outlined in:
Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA
Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing. 2nd. ed. New York:
Modern Language Association of America, 1998. Ref. and Reserve PN147 .G444
1998
Scholars in Education
and the Social Sciences favor the APA
style outlined in:
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. [Ref.
desk BF76.7 .P83 2001 or Reserve BF76.7 .P83 2001]. See also the APA Electronic
Style (5th edition from Purdue University) or http://www.apastyle.org/elecsource.html
(excerpted from the APA).
Elements
of Style, William Strunk, Jr. 1999. (Ref PE 1408 .S772 2000)
Succinctly explains basic rules on writing style, form, composition, capitalization,
spelling, and grammar.
Online English Grammar, Anthony Hughes.
Provides many details of English grammar.
Oxford
Reference Online
Contains a large collection of English language reference tools covering
usage, style, grammar, language, and etymology.
Academic Honesty
The University's policy concerning Academic Honesty sets out the requirements for all students in their academic work. Read the policy on plagiarism and adhere to it when you are writing papers for your classes. You are responsible for fully acknowledging the source of all information you use in your research. The resources listed here will assist you in this process.
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