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Avoid Plagiarism: What is plagiarism and how to avoid it.

EasyBib: web-based program that creates citations for your resources in MLA, APA and Chicago/Turabian

MLA Style: Paper format; examples of MLA citations.

APA Style: Paper format; examples of APA citations.

Chicago Style: Paper format; examples of Chicago citations.

Online Citation Builders: Use online tools to create citations.

Other Styles: AMA and CSE style.

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Why Cite ...

Citing sources is giving credit where credit is due. You have to tell people where you got your information. Failure to do so is plagiarism, an act that can carry severe academic consequences.

In addition, please note that the LCCC Student Code of Conduct discusses plagiarism in Section IIIA. Click here to view the code.