Checking Your Facts
Worried about "fake" or biased news? Here are a few sources that may help:
- Web Literacy for Student Fact Checkers
An online open text book: "Michael Caulfield, director of blended and networked learning at Washington State University Vancouver, believes people should learn to read laterally, the way fact-checkers do . . . looking into the publisher of the source information to gauge its reliability." - FactCheck.orgA Project of The Annenberg Public Policy Center. Non-profit, non-partisan political fact checking website.
- PolitiFact.com
Fact checks political news. - Snopes.com
Fact checks current news stories. - R.A.D.C.A.B.
Presents basic questions to ask when researching a topic.
Librarian
What is a citation?
While researching a subject you may encounter an idea or quote from a book, journal or website that you’d like to include in your paper to help support your argument or to illustrate a point. When referencing or including an excerpt from another source, you want to include a citation to the source in order to:
- Provide credit to the original author(s) of the content you have included.
- Allow readers to find the source if they want to read more.
- Citing InformationA citation tutorial provided by UNC University Libraries.
Plagiarism
If you paraphrase an idea or include a direct quote, you must give credit for the idea or quote by citing the original source. Not doing so is considered plagiarism. Your instructor will tell you which format you should use for your citations.
Frequently Asked Questions about Plagiarism by Call Number: 808 SONISBN: 9781448813308Publication Date: 2011-01-15
Tools & Guides
- Citation BuilderUNC Chapel Hill Libraries resource
A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, Ninth Edition by Call Number: 808.02 TURISBN: 9780226494425Publication Date: 2018-04-16
The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th Edition by Call Number: 808.027 CHIISBN: 9780226287058Publication Date: 2017-09-05
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association by Call Number: 808.066 PUBISBN: 9781433832154Publication Date: 2019-10-01
- Council of Science Editors citation styleFrom the University of Wisconsin – Madison.
Writing Help
The Rowman and Littlefield Guide to Writing with Sources by Call Number: 808 DAVISBN: 9781442205697Publication Date: 2011-11-17
- Purdue OWLThe Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University: writing resources and instructional material. A free service of the Writing Lab at Purdue.
Citation
Author: Gaston County Public Library
Title: Citation Styles
URL: https://gastonlibrary.libguides.com/homework-topics/citation-styles
Updated: 16 August 2022