Research Guides: SOCC31: Practicum in Quantitative Research Methods: Citation &amp; Writing

ASA Citation Resources

Below are several guides to using ASA style. Use the guide that makes the most sense to you. UTSC Writing Support can provide citation help.

ASA Citation
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American Sociological Association Style Guide (6th Ed.) by American Sociological Association
Call Number: UTSC Library Stacks HM569 .A54 2019
ISBN: 0912764554
Publication Date: 2019-01-01
The ASA Style Guide highlights and features guidelines for the most common situations experienced by authors and editors in the ASA journal publication process. It is designed to serve as the authoritative reference for writing, submitting, editing, and copyediting manuscripts for ASA journals.

Broadly speaking, plagiarism is failing to give credit for any ideas or expressions of ideas that are not your own. Plagiarism includes:

Direct plagiarism: copying entire sentences or paragraphs from another source without crediting the source
Mosaic plagiarism: blending copied words, phrases or ideas in with your own writing without crediting the source
Improper paraphrasing or summarizing: putting an author's ideas into your own words without crediting the source