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Researching Urban Atlanta

A guide to locating current information about the Atlanta urban area.

Avoid Plagiarism

Using the work of another scholar without proper citation, whether that work is available in print or online, is plagiarism, a violation of the Emory Honor Code. See the Citing your Sources guide for more information.

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Emory Writing Center helps both novice and experienced writers, develop and polish their work. The Center is located in Callaway, Room 212 with a satellite location in the Woodruff Library. The Library office is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, from 6pm-8pm. Appointments are required. Undergraduates in the college can sign up for as much as an hour a day of assistance. Learn more about the Writing Center.

Citing Sources

 

Sociology Citation Guides

American Sociological Association Style Guide. 5th ed. 2015. (Ref. HM569 .A54 2015)

Quick Style Guide for Students Writing Sociology Papers

Based on the American Sociological Association Style Guide to serve as a quick reference for students preparing papers.

    

Other Useful Citation Guides:

Citing Your Sources Research Guide

Documenting Electronic Resources

Writer's Center: Documenting Styles . Covers other popular citiation styles and has useful section on citing sources and avoiding plagiarism.


 

Endnote

EndNote is a personal citation/bibliography manager program. It helps researchers organize their references in a database which can be used to format citations and create bibliographies automatically in a word processor.

 

Zotero

A free personal citation/bibliography manager program that has many fans. Check out the Zotero page for more information and a list of upcoming workshops. it is also possible to export citations from Zotero to Endnote (and vice versa) to take advantage of the best features of each.

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