Web-based Citation Managers:

EndNote Basic allows you to save citations to a personal database and then format those citations in footnotes, endnotes, or bibliographies. It is available through Web of Science/Web of Knowledge. Register with your UARK email to get started. You can use a different password.

Zotero is a free citation manager that is commonly used in academic circles; we have guides for it and some librarians give instruction in how to use it.

Plagiarism is defined in the University of Arkansas Catalog of Studies as "offering as one’s own work the words, ideas, or arguments of another person without appropriate attribution by quotation, reference or footnote" (section on "Academic Regulations: Academic Honesty").

Plagiarism and academic dishonesty go beyond simply cutting and pasting text from an article or book into your paper without attribution; they can include paraphrasing without attribution or listing sources that you have not consulted in your Works Cited list. The consequences of plagiarizing another's work can be very serious. Citing your sources is the first step to avoiding plagiarism.

Agricultural disciplines vary in what style they prefer. Journal citation styles may be required. Endnote Basic includes many of the journal-specific styles, as do Zotero, Mendeley and others. Ask your professor if you have questions about what style to use.

Many databases provided by the Libraries have a "Cite" feature built in. When you are looking at the detailed information for an item, look for a link or button for citing. If the link is available, you will see a screen which provides with a citation in your preferred format that you can cut and paste into your bibliography.