What are citations?
- A citation is short way to uniquely identify a published work
What do citations include?
- A citation consists of all standard bibliographic elements and includes all information necessary to identify a work.
- i.e. Title, author, publication date, location, volume, issue, page numbers, etc.
Why do we cite sources?
- To give credit to other researchers and to acknowledge their ideas
- To avoid plagiarism
- To provide a trail so others can consult the materials you've used / so they can do further reading
- To provide evidence of your own research
What should you cite?
- Facts, figures, ideas, or other information that is not common knowledge
- Ideas, words, theories, or exact language that another person used
- Images, photos, artwork, sculptures, media (i.e. videos, movies, television, podcasts, etc.)
