A web-based bibliography builder that allows you to create your own personal database by importing references from the library catalog and online databases. Begin by clicking on Login to set up an individual account.

Click here: RefWorks

Customized for NMH students. Click here: Quick Start Guide

How to cite internet sources in MLA, Chicago, APA, and CBE styles. From Bedford St. Martin's Press. Click here: Citation Styles Online!

Guidelines and annotated lists of print and online resources for findings and documenting sources in a variety of different fields. Click here:
Diane Hacker's Research and Documentation Online

Chicago Style Guide. Click here: Deerfield Academy's Chicago Bibliographic Citation Style Guide

MLA Style Guide. Click here: Deerfield Academy's MLA Bibliographic Citation Style Guide

• The Little, Brown Essential Handbook for Writers MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers
• The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition
• MLA Handbook, 6th edition
• Cite it Right
• Research and documentation in the electronic age by Diane Hacker, 2002
  

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Only the expression of an idea may be copyrighted, and even when it is, educators need to be aware of their right to fair use which enables teaching, research and news reporting.

(U. S. CODE TITLE 17, SEC. 107)
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• Checklist for Fair Use (pdf) 
• Fair Use Issues

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• Copyright Quick Guide
• Know Your Copy Rights
• FAQ. PA State College Area School District - Clear information about multimedia sources
• Copyright and Fair Use: Copyright FAQ 
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