Studies in Islam: Citing & Writing

It is extremely important to cite ALL references to uphold academic integrity and avoid plagiarism. The University of Waterloo has provided the following resources for your information: 

• Policy 71 - Student Discipline
• Graduate Students and Academic Integrity 
• Orientation to Academic Integrity for First Year Students
• Academic Integrity Module

Create your own personal database by importing references from online research databases, text files, and a variety of other sources. You can use these references in writing papers and automatically format the paper and the bibliography in seconds.

• Use Refworks  to save your references
• Refworks Guide
• Importing References from UW Library Databases
• Zotero is an open-source citation tool that can be embedded in a web browser.

There are a variety of citation styles available and you should check with your professor as to which one to use.