Why Cite?
- To provide evidence for your arguments and adds credibility to your work. It shows that you have sought out and considered a variety of viewpoints on a given topic.
- To help readers find your sources. It allows them to go through some of the steps you took to reach your conclusions.
- To show your supervisor(s) the work that you have done.
- To avoid plagiarism.
What kind of sources should you cite?
- Direct quotations from a book, article, film, letter, email, lecture, etc.
- Ideas you draw from a source but present entirely in your own words.
- Paraphrases and summaries of books, journal articles, pamphlets.
- Single words, short phrases, sentences and longer passages quoted from books or articles used.
- Statistics.
