With a wealth of information available online or through library resources, it is essential to develop the skill of synthesizing multiple sources and strengthening your writing. This includes the ability to cite your sources by quoting from them directly, or rephrasing their conclusions in your own words and providing in-text citations as well as providing a bibliography in APA format. Failure to do so is tantamount to plagiarism. Therefore, it is critical to your success as a Health Sciences student to cite and document all your sources.

The Purdue Online Writing Lab (Purdue OWL) is a thorough online resource covering many different citation styles, including APA. It includes help on:

• In-text citations
• Bibliographies
• Paper format

The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th Edition is available in CSUEB Library:

Citation software helps you to:

• import citations from your favorite databases and websites
• build and organize bibliographies
• format in-text citations
• save and organize PDFs, images, graphs, and other files for your research
• take notes on articles and other resources

CSUEB provides free access to EndNote Web (available through the Web of Science database). Additionally, Zotero and Medeley are available for free online. For detailed comparisons between these three see Wikipedia's Comparison of reference management software page.

The Student Center for Academic Achievement (SCAA) at CSU East Bay provides many services to help you with your writing, including:

• Online Writing Lab - submit your paper online and get feedback within 48 hours
• Tutoring - one-time, weekly, or drop-in tutoring appointments at SCAA
• eTutoring - live tutoring via chat on a variety of subjects
• Handouts - lots of helpful resources on math and writing