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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 (6th ed.)
- MLA (8th ed.)
- Chicago/Turabian (17th ed.)
- Government documents, Canadian -- APA style | MLA style | Chicago style
Citing Indigenous Elders and Knowledge Keepers
Citing Indigenous Elders and Knowledge Keepers
Citing Data
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
Library books on writing process
Books on Academic writing
Books on writing dissertations
Books on "Social sciences -- Authorship"
Examples:
- Writing effective course assignments : a guide to non-degree and undergraduate students
- Writing for social scientists : how to start and finish your thesis, book, or article
- Writing the literature review : a practical guide
- Doing your social science dissertation
Writing help
For undergraduate students, the Student Learning Commons provides assistance and numerous, helpful guides.
For graduate students, the Research Commons provides assistance and numerous guides and workshops.
- Graduate writing resources - for more information on different types of writing.
- Submit a Read Ahead request
- Submit a Consultation request and choose "Writing" as the Consultation Type.
- Submit a Consultation request and choose "Presentation" as the Consultation Type.
- 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