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The APA Style Aid provides formatting, in-text citation and reference page assistance.

Avoiding Plagiarism Tutorial--with APA Citations

This short tutorial explains what is plagiarism, how to avoid it using the APA style. There is a brief quiz at the end. If you pass it, you can print out a completion form. If you fail it, you will be sent to the begining of the tutorial.

The APA Style Aid provides formatting, in-text citation and reference page assistance.

Click on image to search for books at Western Oregon University, Summit, and ebrary or use the links below to search the catlogs individually.

WOU-Only Catalog
Books and e-books available at WOU. Books can be checked out for 3 weeks with 2 renewals. E-books are available online 24/7 from any computer and don't need to be checked out.  

SUMMIT
Books and other materials from Oregon and Washington academic libraries, and books and materials from Interlibrary Loan. 

Summit books and materials check out for 6 weeks with no renewals. Summit items take 3-5 business days and can be picked up at the WOU library checkout desk. You will be notified by email when your items are ready to be picked up.   

Books and materials from Interlibrary Loan can take 7-14 business days, have variable loan periods, and may or may not be renewed. 

Ebrary
Western Oregon University's e-book collection. No e-reader requited. You can access e-books at anytime.

This Printable Handout highlights the key elements of an effective library database search

Education Full Text
Indexes and provides abstracts for articles in English-language periodicals and yearbooks published in the United States and elsewhere. Also includes English-language books relating to education published since 1995. Provides full-text access for selected journal articles published since 1996.

Also includes citations and full text from the ERIC database. 1994 to present.
Education Full Text Tutorial  

JSTOR
Provides online full-text access to the archives of more than 900 scholarly journals, some of which date from the 19th century.

To limit your search to Education journals:

1) Click on Advanced Search

2) Enter your search terms

3) Limit your search to articles

4) Scroll down the page and select Education from the list of disciplines and or journals

Google Scholar has academic articles and books (note--this does not search websites) Articles not available for free can be orderd through Interlibrary Loan