Writing Help 

Take advantage of the services and resources the Writing Studio offers. 

Schedule a free consultation with a trained writing tutor to discuss individual writing concerns in Lilly or Perkins.

Find out what to cite, how to cite and how to avoid plagiarism.

Research and Documentation Online Contains sample papers in MLA, APA, Chicago and CSE formats!

Duke's Guide to Citing Sources

Citing Music Sources

Citing Images
Tips for using images responsibly

Check out what the library offers students writing honors theses...

• The same check-out privileges that grad students have (just ask Emily Daly)
• Book and article delivery to the library of your choice
• Lockers for storing your materials (just ask at the Perkins check-out desk)
• $1000 for your honors thesis! Enter your thesis into competition for the Durden Prize or Middlesworth Award

Policy on Electronic Course Content -- For help deciding whether course content in Blackboard or some other digital form is fair use or requires copyright permission, consult this document adopted by the Academic Council in February 2008.

For Faculty Authors

Copyright in Teaching

FAQs about copyright and publishing

Scholarly Communications @ Duke -- Duke's source for advice and info about copyright and publication issues 

RefWorks is a web-based research management, writing and collaboration tool.

Want to learn more? Check out RefWork's online help, or register for a RefWorks class.

Endnote, a desk-top program that will help you organize and format your sources, is available for download through OIT.

Want to learn more? Check out EndNote's online support, or register for an EndNote class.