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It is important to cite your sources to give credit where it is due and to avoid the consequences of plagiarism.
Check with your instructor as to which style format you need to use. The Mabee-Simpson Library has guides for several formatting styles (MLA, APA, Chicago/Turabian and others). Listed below are the library's hard copy of style manuals.
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association by 
The Chicago Manual of Style by 
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers by 
A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations by 
The ACS Style Guide by Plug your work into a plagiarism checker to see if you have accidently committed plagiarism. Below are several free packages that are very popular. Lyon College does not necessarily endorse nor condone content found on third-party websites. Links are provided as a convenience only.
*Like all classroom and education buildings on campus, the library is locked and can only be entered with permissions.
However, staff is at the library from Monday thru Friday, 8 to 5.
Closed Weekends.
Closed May 16 to 25, 2020
*Visitors are NOT ALLOWED in the library.
*Lyon College students must be on Dean Mulick's list of permitted students for entry.
*Contact Dean Mulick for permission to enter the library and he will then inform the appropriate offices and personnel of your approval to be on-campus. This notification is required for students who are regularly coming to campus to use buildings like the library.
*Call 870-307-7205 for assistance or visit our website at: http://library.lyon.edu for more information.
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Updated 05-04-20
How Do I Login?
When off-campus, Lyon College faculty, staff, and students please use your Lyon user ID of: first.last@lyon.edu and your password to login. You no longer have to use RDS to log in. Find your browser, your web page, your database, search the database, and when the authentication screen pops up, use your student ID and password. You only have to do this once a session.
Community members who have purchased a card can use the databases in the library building but not remotely.
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If you have problems accessing the databases please call Lyon support at: 870-307-7555 or contact support@lyon.edu.
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