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June 26, 2026

Read time 15 mins

AI Summarizer for Research Papers: A Friendly Guide for Students and Researchers

Key Pointers Summarizing AI for academic allows you to condense long documents down so that they can easily be summarized and maintained, while highlighting the key claims, methods, results etc.…

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March 18, 2022

Read time 11 mins

Best Ways to Cite Sources: MLA, APA, and Chicago Style

Citing sources in academic or professional work is a difficult concept to master. There are several different types of citation styles and each one has different rules for in-text citations,…

Academic Guides

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March 11, 2022

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How to Use Citations to Cite Anything: APA, MLA, and Chicago Style

While citations may be occasionally confusing and tedious, proper referencing isn't an aspect of writing that can be overlooked as it is an essential part of any kind of work.…

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March 9, 2022

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What Are Research Skills, and How You Can Improve Them?

Original research is an arduous task, no matter how you slice it. Conducting extensive research and collecting relevant information for an original idea is complicated. It involves much more than…

Academic Guides

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March 4, 2022

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How to Cite a Meme or Gif: APA, MLA, and Chicago Style?

Whether they feature success kid, grumpy cat, or evil Kermit, memes and gifs communicate a vast amount of information through a single digital image. Because of their lighthearted intention and…

Stories

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March 2, 2022

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Avoiding Plagiarism in the Business World

Everyone who has written content for private or public distribution dreads the idea of unintentionally stealing someone else’s words or concepts, and getting caught in a nasty plagiarism dispute. Even…

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February 2, 2022

Read time 10 mins

How to Cite a Wikipedia Article: MLA, APA, and Chicago Style

Whether writing an essay or completing or scientific lab report, you should cite all primary and secondary sources. Many students include Wikipedia in their digital research. Known as the free encyclopedia, Wikipedia…

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January 28, 2022

Read time 11 mins

How to Cite a Movie: MLA, APA, and Chicago Style?

Writing a research paper doesn't mean limiting your sources to books and articles. You might use a movie, and if you do, you need to know how to cite it…

Plagiarism

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January 27, 2022

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The 10 Most Famous Plagiarized Songs

Plagiarism is defined as the "wrongful appropriation" and "purloining and publication" of another author's "language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions," and the representation of them as one's own original work. Plagiarism is a serious…

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January 25, 2022

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How To Cite a Research Paper: MLA, APA, and Chicago Style?

When you’re writing a research paper, you’ll use a variety of sources to find information. You might find that you end up using other people’s research papers as sources of information for your own work.…

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December 28, 2021

Read time 6 mins

Source-Based Plagiarism: Examples and How to Avoid it Yourself

Giving credit where credit is due. As writers, we know this is more than a maxim. Improperly cited sources could, in some cases, cost you your career, your passing grade,…