Librarians at the Jerry Falwell Library specialize in helping you narrow down your topic, finding scholarly resources, and conducting research within the library catalog and databases. If you need research assistance, please contact the team at the Jerry Falwell Library.
The Liberty University Writing Center specializes in the writing, formatting, and editing process. If you need assistance with a particular citation style, or if you want someone to review your essay, please reach out to the Writing Center. The Writing Center provides services for both residential and online students.
Consult resources from the Liberty Writing Center during the brainstorming, research, writing, and editing process. Suggested resources are provided below:
Keeping track of your citations does not have to be difficult. The Jerry Falwell Library offers RefWorks to help you keep track of the references that you are using and to assist you with citing your sources.
RefWorks can output your paper's reference list in many citation styles, including APA. It is important to verify that your reference list is in the correct format, so be sure to make sure the citation is correct in RefWorks. The short video tutorial below can help you get started using RefWorks.
The Modern Language Association has its own style guide for writing research papers.
The Liberty University Writing Center has a MLA Formatting Quick Guide to aid you in your research. The Jerry Falwell Library also has a MLA Style Guide that discusses MLA style requirements.
The Jerry Falwell Library has a physical copy of the MLA Handbook, 8th edition available.
Concerned about plagiarism and copyright? See these copyright guidelines for detailed information on what constitutes plagiarism and how to determine copyright. The Jerry Falwell Library also has its own Copyright Research Guide.
