EndNote software.

Ask the MITS department at Mona to install this on your laptop - Its a free service.

(Not to be confused with endnotes at the end of a chapter - which are similar to footnotes)

The EndNote website says, 

EndNote

"More than just a reference manager."

• GrammarBook.com

Abbreviations vs. Acronyms vs. Initialisms 

• The Punctuation Guide

Ellipses

Colon vs Semi-colon

The Hyphen, The en dash, the em dash  

• Must Read "Recommended Stlye Manuals" in the UWI Thesis Guide.
• Must do: Discuss this with your supervisor at the start of your research.
• Warning: These styles are updated routinely. The rules will be changed with a new edition. 

Here are some of the many styles:

• American Chemical Society  ACS Style Guide
• American Psychological Association. See Frequently Asked Questions About APA Style
  When in doubt go to Search the APA Style Blog
• Chicago Author-Date   OR
• Chicago Notes-Bibliography. This style is transitioning from the 16th edition to the 17th edition 2017
• MLA *This style was updated to the 8th edition, 2016. See the MLA Style Center
• Vancouver
• Harvard - out of Australia
• Turabian.  Also see eTurabian for help
• There are many more for different disciplines e.g. mathematics

* See MLA 8th Edition Cheat Sheet: Top 10 Differences between MLA 7th and 8th Editions  by Columbia College

The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th Edition
There are 2 versions . Do not use the wrong version!

• UWI Policy on Graduate Student Plagiarism
• How to Avoid Plagiarism a UWI guide by Karlene Robinson
• The Centre for Scientific Integrity publishes Retraction Watch
• Office of Research Integrity at the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• U.K. Research Integrity Office.  
  See their Checklist for good practice in research
• Plagiarism ans Academic Dishonesty in the MLA handbook pages 6 - 10
• Turnitin   See Resources  Explore by Theme. Obtain your Turnitin password. Ask Office of Graduate Studies and Research. (If you have a paper and you need a Turnitin report  then, based on my experience, I strongly encourage you to visit MITS.  Don't wait till the last day as very long theses can sometimes take 24 hours for a report to be generated.).
   
• Music Plagiarism: The Most Obvious Song Copies! (46 Songs)   YouTube 

Ask Jacqueline Howell Nash. 
jacqueline.howellnash@uwimona.edu.jm   970-6619  
The service is free.

Keep these handy:

• Cite This For Me
• The Purdue Online Writing Lab   (APA, MLA)
• The UWI Thesis Guide, 2017.  It's online. This is UWI's standard for the formatting of your Research Paper or Thesis. Ensure you are using the latest version which has a blue geometric pattern on the cover. Get your free copy at The Office of Graduate Studies. 
   
• How to create a Table of Contents? Search UWI Tube for videos on using Microsoft Word to create a Table of Contents. See this Table of Contents guide from the Michael Swartz Library, Cleveland State University 
• Combining 2 Microsoft Word documents Helpful for when you are putting the final touches on your thesis.