AG 4010: Ethical Issues in Food, Agricultural and Apparel Industries

Welcome to this research guide! If you are off-campus, many of the resources featured here require that you login with your Bronco name and password.

Helpful links:

• Using OneSearch (video tutorials) - How to Find Books (4:52), E-books (3:12), and Articles (6:22)
• How can you tell if a source will be good for your assignment? Also, what is a Scholarly journal, versus a Newspaper or Magazine?
• Tips for creating advanced keyword searches
• How do I place an Item on Hold?
• Need a book or article we don't have? Learn how to order it through our Interlibrary Loan service! (video tutorial, 5:26)
• Ways to get research help from CPP Library

Explore topic ideas:

Find articles:

(from scholarly or peer reviewed journals, popular magazines and newspapers, and trade/industry journals)

Find background information:

Writing help:

• The Learning Resource Center and its Writing Center provide tutoring on an appointment, online, and drop-in basis. Learn more about their tutoring options from their News and Events and Tutoring pages.

• They Say/I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing - Borrow this book from University Library to learn "core moves of effective argumentative writing."

• The Academic Phrase Bank website provides "examples of some of the phraseological 'nuts and bolts' of writing." Created by John Morley at the U of Manchester. Please note: It is a British web site so you may encounter British spellings of words.

Citing help: Why cite your sources?

• To give credit to the creators of the information that you used in your papers, presentations, and projects
• To add credibility to your argument or assertions
• To help yourself avoid committing plagiarism
• To share the sources you found with other researchers

For more information about avoiding plagiarism, visit CPP's Student Conduct and Integrity website.

Which citation style should you use?

• Check with your instructor to be sure. Your professor may have provided guidelines and examples for the class to follow, so be sure to consult those materials.
• If your professor allows you to choose a standard citation style to follow, aim for consistency when following it.

Citation tools can make life easier!

Create one or a few quick citations with these tools:

• How can I use a database search to format my citations for a bibliography?
• Noodle Tools Express
• ZoteroBib,  see a quick video tutorial here.
• Cite This For Me
• Citation Machine

Or gather many references with a reference manager such as Zotero or EndNote. A reference manager can quickly create a bibliography for you, and you can choose from a variety of citation styles.

Citation tools and reference management tools are a big help but you still need to review the citations for accuracy and correct formatting. Ultimately, you are responsible for the citations that you submit for an assignment, not the citation tool.

See examples for APA and MLA...

APA and MLA are two commonly-used standard citation styles, but check with your professor before using either.