Plagiarism

The unacknowledged use of other people's ideas or work, whether intentional or unintentional, is a serious academic offense. Plagiarism can be avoided through careful work habits.

Learn more through the SFU Library's plagiarism guide and take our interactive tutorial Understanding and Avoiding Plagiarism to test your knowledge.

Citation style guides

• APA 
• MLA 
• Chicago/Turabian
• Government documents, Canadian -- APA style | MLA style | Chicago style

Citation management

 Citation management tools can collect your references and automatically cite them for you.  SFU Library provides support for Zotero.  For help, contact us at citation-managers@sfu.ca.

Writing help

For undergraduate students, the Student Learning Commons provides assistance and numerous, helpful guides.

• Academic writing resources [guides]
• Book a consultation

For graduate students, the Research Commons provides assistance and numerous guides and workshops.

• Graduate writing resources: For more information on different types of writing, including "literature reviews."
• Writing services offered by the Research Commons: 
  • To submit a Read Ahead request
  • To submit a consultation request for writing or presentations.
• Writing workshops

Open Access

• SFU Open Access Fund - SFU authors are eligible to use this fund to cover Article Processing Fees charged by Open Access publishers
• Tri-Agency Open Access Policy on Publications