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What's in this Guide
You can use this guide to:
- Get some guidance on beginning an assignment.
- Learn about Plagiarism and how you can avoid it.
- Learn how to cite your sources using the different style guides used in academia.
- Learn about copyright and how it applies to your work at Augsburg University.
- Find more resources to help you with your research and your writing.
How to Use this Guide
Fun Fact!
A University of Minnesota study of student library use found that students who used the U of M Libraries at least once in 2011–12 were:
- Twice as likely to return for a second semester, and
- Had a higher average GPA than those who did not.
For beginning students, use it as an orientation to academic work.
- This online guide is a roadmap to researching a paper or presentation for many Augsburg courses: understanding your assignment, navigating possible topics, assembling your sources, and creating a bibliography.
- This guide introduces you to important concepts that you'll need to know, like Plagiarism, Citing Sources, and Copyright.
For experienced students, use it as a reference source for your continuing work.
- Check back here when you're not sure if you're citing something properly, or don't know if you're covered by Fair Use or not.
- Find books and other resources to help you with your research projects.