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BME 197E, Professional Responsibilities in Research

Information to help with understanding the basics of intellectual property, avoiding plagiarism, and managing bibliographic references.

Ethical Authorship

Ethical Practices

The Basics:

  • Credit others for their work (and cite your own earlier work, if appropriate).
  • Give credit in such a way that allows the cited work to be easily located.
  • At least some trouble can be avoided by getting organized, staying organized, and keeping careful records.

Best Practices:

  • Don't worry about having too many notes or too many entries in a bibliography. Give credit as needed.
  • A short citation is not a better citation; the point is to help others get the information they need so that they can find the same source.
  • Only cite what you've seen. If you haven't read/viewed it, don't cite it.

Use a citation manager to 

  • collect and organize your research

  • format citations for written work

  • share sources with team members or professors

Compare EndNote, Mendeley, Zotero

Brief chart comparing citation managers

Extensive chart comparing citation managers

LibGuide: Research Organization with Citation Managers

Ivey, Camille and Janet Crumb. (2018, July). "Choosing the right citation management tool: EndNote, Mendeley, RefWorks, or Zotero." Journal of the Medical Library Association 106(3): 399-403.

This review compares and describes 1) system requirements, browser extensions, mobile apps; 2) searches for and importing of references; 3) creation of bibliographies; 4) management and annotation of PDFs; 5) integration with library collections; 6) collaboration and social networking; 7) unique features.

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