Quick Links - Citation Guides & Handouts
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The Chicago Manual of Style presents two basic documentation systems. The Notes and Bibliography style is used by those writing research papers for Art. This style uses a system of notes, whether footnotes or endnotes or both, and usually a bibliography. The notes allow space for unusual types of sources as well as for commentary on the sources cited, making this system extremely flexible. Because of this flexibility, the notes and bibliography system is preferred by many writers in literature, history, and the arts. Also included are handy links to the APA and MLA guides and handouts.
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Citation Guides
Handouts (PDF)
Campus Writing Resources
HPU Librarians are always happy to help you with your citation questions! If you have questions that are related to general writing style or to writing in a particular discipline, we recommend that you utilize the resources below.
- HPU Writing Center TutorsThe HPU Writing Center is coordinated by the English Department and is available by appointment only. To make an appointment, click on the link above, register as a user, log in, choose a location, and choose an available time slot.
- Tutoring ServicesTutoring is available at no charge for all HPU students. Many tutors are available for specific disciplines and courses, including Communication. To request a tutor or to view the walk-in tutoring schedule, click on the link above.
Citation Managers
Citation managers can help you keep track of the articles, books, and other resources that you find, as well as help you cite them in the appropriate style in the text of your paper and in your references or works cited list. For more help with citation managers, ask a librarian!
- ZoteroZotero is a free citation manager that is designed to work with your web browser to save sources. Citations are also stored in the cloud, and you can create group libraries that are shared with other Zotero users. Installation includes a Word plugin to insert citations from your Zotero library as you write.
- EndNote 20Members of the HPU community have access to EndNote, a robust citation tool that is available in desktop and cloud-based forms and contains over 5000 citation styles. EndNote also comes with a plugin for Word that allows you to insert citations from your EndNote library as you write. Follow the instructions on this guide to set up your EndNote account.
Academic Integrity
Citation may seem like a bunch of rules designed to make writing your paper even more difficult. However, the purpose of citation is primarily to show how your work fits into the larger conversation taking place on your particular topic and to help facilitate the exchange of ideas between scholars (that means you, too!). Citation also ensures that the original authors or originators of an idea receive proper credit for their work.
What does this mean for you?
According to the High Point University Honor Code: "Every student is honor-bound to refrain from plagiarism."
But what does it mean to plagiarize something?
Plagiarism involves quoting or paraphrasing without proper acknowledgment. You plagiarize if you submit, without appropriate documentation or quotation marks:
- part or all of written or spoken statements derived from sources, such as books, the Internet, magazines, pamphlets, speeches, or oral statements;
- part or all of written or spoken statements derived from files maintained by individuals, groups or campus organizations;
- the sequence of ideas, arrangement of material, or pattern of thought of someone else, even though you express such processes in your own words.
(High Point University Student Government Association, The University Honor)
Summary: You plagiarize when you take credit for someone else's work, either on purpose or by accident.
You can also plagiarize yourself. Called "self-plagiarism," this occurs if you reuse work from one course in another course without your instructors' permission. This is considered academic dishonesty.