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4.5 Citations and references |
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What is an in-text citation?In your writing, an in-text citation provides the reader with the link to the original author(s) of the information you are quoting or paraphrasing. You must provide consistent, accurate citations for everything that you quote or paraphrase. For example: A fable is a story of fiction that uses animal characters to express or teach a moral lesson (Reitz 2004, p.1). What is a reference?You must also provide an accurate list of references for everything you use to write your assignment. A reference provides the reader with all the information needed to accurately identify the original source of the authors you have quoted or paraphrased. For example: Reitz, J. M. (2004). ODLIS - Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science. Retrieved from http://lu.com/odlis/odlis_f.cfm. Why cite and reference?
What needs to be cited?All information that you did not know before you read it needs to be cited, including:
Quoting and paraphrasing is discussed in more detail in 6.5 Plagiarism. What does not need to be cited?Facts and ideas that are considered common knowledge within a discipline do not need to be cited. For example: In the discipline of physics Einstein's theory of relativity (E=mc2) is considered common knowledge and would not need to be cited. More general examples include:
Strict formatting rules need to be followed to cite and reference correctly. |