Plagiarism is considered to be academic dishonesty. Use a reference management software tool to cite other author's work.
If you need electronic access you can limit your search on the library catalogue to e-books.
The purpose of this guide, compiled by the University of Southern California (USA), is to provide advice on how to develop and organize a research paper in the social sciences.
It is very important to remember that you should always seek advice from your supervisor before you begin if you have specific questions about how to write a research paper. Any requirements set out by them will always supersede instructions provided in these general guidelines.
Remember to consult the Research Skills Libguide if you need information on how to select a topic, structure a keyword search, evaluate the results, save and export them and stay up to date with information on your research topic.
This guide provides information and tools for measuring the impact of research, focusing on the use of citation metrics. The sections of this guide identify various tools which track citations and provide help with journal rankings, accredited journal lists, the h-index and citation reports, etc.
