A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations by 
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association by At the end of each research paper is the Reference page- the place where you give credit where credit is due. Here you acknowledge the ideas of others, the scaffolding used to support your original idea, the thesis of your paper.
Plagiarism is a serious concern and one that the university takes very seriously. Plagiarism involves using the work of someone else and failing to give proper credit or acknowledgment, thereby claiming the information as your own. While professors will expect you to use outside sources when doing your research, they will also expect you to acknowledge the work of those authors you have chosen to use in your paper. At Boston University, all students are expected to have read or be familiar with the university policy on plagiarism.
From the Boston University Code of Academic Conduct:
B. Plagiarism. Representing the work or ideas of another as one’s own; and/or using another’s work or ideas without crediting the source. Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to, the following: copying the answers of another student on an examination; copying or restating the work or ideas of another person or persons in any oral or written work (printed or electronic) without citing the appropriate source; using audio or video footage that comes from another source (including work done by another student) without permission and/or acknowledgement of that source; and collaborating with someone else in an academic endeavor without acknowledging their contribution. Plagiarism can consist of acts of commission (appropriating the words or ideas of another as one’s own), or omission (failing to acknowledge/document/credit the source or creator of words or ideas).
.https://www.bu.edu/academics/policies/academic-conduct-code
Fall 2020 Workshops took place remotely via Zoom and were recorded for the benefit of those unable to attend.
Citation managers help you organize the citations you use in your research. Most citation managers have browser add-ons to collect bibliographic data out of library catalogs and databases, in addition to serving as a citation database organizing that information for you. Most also have add-ons for Microsoft Word or other popular word processing software like OpenOffice. Some will even let give you cloud storage space to store documents attached to each citation, like a Word document with notes or even the PDF. We host workshops each semester introducing users to citation managers; consult our library workshops and tutorials page for more!
• RefWorks is provided to all BU students, staff, faculty, and alumni. Click here to log-in.
• Zotero is free and can be downloaded at www.zotero.org.
• EndNote can be purchased and downloaded at www.endnote.com.
If you have any questions, email sthref@bu.edu.
