What is a citation?
A citation tells readers that certain materials in your work came from another source. A citation also credits the original author and gives readers a way to locate the original source. A list of citations is called a bibliography, or Works Cited page. Why must I cite? When researching, we seek information from experts to learn information that we did not already know or that support our own ideas. As we embed this newly gained info into our work, we cite where the ideas came from if not our own. Does citing mean I did less work? Not at all! A citation shows our teachers and peers that we have done our research by finding sources that support our ideas. A citation may also reveal how we can improve our research if in fact a source wasn't the most reliable or up-to-dae. When must I cite my sources? If you have borrowed ideas, words or phrases from someone else, you need to acknowledge that source. Include citations when:
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Bibliography
A bibliography (or a citation) is an additional page of a research report where the author cites sources used in the paper. This ensures the author is not plagiarizing information and that credit is given to those writers.
List your sources- A bibliography is a page at the end of your report, article, or newspaper that lists the sources you used to write a paper. List your sources alphabetically by the author’s last name, or by the title if there is no author given. See the examples below for which part should be separated by periods, colons, and commas and which parts need to be underlined or in quotation marks.
A bibliography (or a citation) is an additional page of a research report where the author cites sources used in the paper. This ensures the author is not plagiarizing information and that credit is given to those writers.
List your sources- A bibliography is a page at the end of your report, article, or newspaper that lists the sources you used to write a paper. List your sources alphabetically by the author’s last name, or by the title if there is no author given. See the examples below for which part should be separated by periods, colons, and commas and which parts need to be underlined or in quotation marks.