Why Citation is Important

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Agenda

In this presentation, you’ll learn:• Various reasons why citation is an important

part of your research paper.

To support an argument

• Backing up your argument with facts makes it stronger.

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To avoid plagiarism

• Plagiarism is representing others’ work as your own.

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Show respect for others’ work

• Always cite others’ work that influenced yours.

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Display subject knowledge

• Scholarship is a conversation. • Citing a source acknowledges previous parts

of that conversation.

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• Cite required references in your paper so it’s clear where the references were used.

Publisher or course requirements

Summary

• If something you read influenced your thinking on a subject, cite it.

• If you quoted directly from something, cite it.• If you paraphrased from something, cite it.

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References

References

Association of College and Research Libraries. (2015). Scholarship as conversation. Framework

for Information Literacy for Higher Education. Retrieved from

http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/ilframework#conversation