Research CitationResearch Citation

C ITATION A “citation” is the way you tell your readers that certain material in your work came from another source.

C ITATION MEANS … Documenting information Giving credit to sources Listing sources used Providing “backup”

W HY IS CITATION USEFUL TO THE READER OF RESEARCH ? To check up on the writer if the text seems unreliable To do further reading if the topic is of interest To find more sources for an assignment

W HY SHOULD I CITE ?? Because it is the only way to use other people’s work without PLAGIARIZING

O THER BENEFITS OF CITATION INCLUDE … It shows the amount of research you’ve done. It strengthens your work by lending outside support to your ideas.

W HEN DO I NEED TO CITE ? Whenever… – you use direct quotations – you paraphrase – you use an idea that someone else has already expressed – you make specific reference to the work of another – someone else’s work has been critical in developing your own ideas.

Whenever what you are writing is considered common knowledge: – JFK was assassinated in Dallas, TX – The Declaration of Independence was signed July 4, 1776 – Smoking causes lung cancer W HEN DON’T I NEED TO CITE ?

Using a parenthetical citation or a footnote. Parenthetical citation is a brief individual source reference in parenthesis that appears in the body of the text as needed Footnotes are numbered notes at the bottom of the page that provide additional information about the quotation or material in the text. H OW DO I CITE ?

H OW WILL CITE MY SOURCES IN MY S OPHOMORE E XPO R ESEARCH P APER ? Using PARENTHETICAL CITATIONS AKA IN-TEXT CITATION

W HAT DOES A C ITATION PROVIDE TO MY READER ? Citations give your readers the information necessary to find that source again… – author – title of work – name and location of publisher – date published – page numbers

W HAT DOES A STANDARD P ARENTHETICAL C ITATION LOOK LIKE ? Advances in prosthetic technology have enabled amputees to function like someone who hasn’t lost a limb. The C-leg’s hydraulic system recreates the motion of natural stepping through specialized sensors and microprocessors (Marriott A3).

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