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Agenda
In this presentation, you’ll learn:• Various reasons why citation is an important
part of your research paper.
To support an argument
• Backing up your argument with facts makes it stronger.
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To avoid plagiarism
• Plagiarism is representing others’ work as your own.
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Show respect for others’ work
• Always cite others’ work that influenced yours.
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Display subject knowledge
• Scholarship is a conversation. • Citing a source acknowledges previous parts
of that conversation.
(Association of College and Research Libraries, 2015)Image credit: Graphic Conversation by Marc Wathieu on Flickr
• Cite required references in your paper so it’s clear where the references were used.
Publisher or course requirements
Summary
• If something you read influenced your thinking on a subject, cite it.
• If you quoted directly from something, cite it.• If you paraphrased from something, cite it.
Questions?
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References
References
Association of College and Research Libraries. (2015). Scholarship as conversation. Framework
for Information Literacy for Higher Education. Retrieved from
http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/ilframework#conversation