How important is it to cite sources?

How important is it to cite sources?

Citing or documenting the sources used in your research serves three purposes: It gives proper credit to the authors of the words or ideas that you incorporated into your paper. Citing your sources consistently and accurately helps you avoid committing plagiarism in your writing.

When should you not cite sources?

When to Cite

1. Cite when you are directly quoting. This is the easiest rule to understand.
2. Cite when you are summarizing and paraphrasing.
3. Cite when you are citing something that is highly debatable.
4. Don’t cite when what you are saying is your own insight.
5. Don’t cite when you are stating common knowledge.

What are things that must be cited or documented?

Information that always must be cited—whether web-based or print-based—includes:

• Quotations, opinions, and predictions, whether directly quoted or paraphrased.
• Statistics derived by the original author.
• Visuals in the original.
• Another author’s theories.
• Case studies.

Can Wikipedia be cited as a source?

The answer from Wikipedia is clear: at least in research projects, “you probably shouldn’t be citing Wikipedia”. Why’s that? Well, Wikipedia, like other encyclopedias and handbooks, is a tertiary source. Tertiary sources are those that take their information from other primary and secondary sources.

Do you have to cite famous proverbs?

You don’t have to quote famous proverbs because they’re common knowledge. Proverbs are common knowledge, and therefore don’t have to be cited.

Do I have to cite to be or not to be?

If you come across the phrase “to be or not to be” and use it in your paper, you have to cite it.

How do you cite a person?

The MLA citation for a personal interview should follow this format:

1. Last name of person interviewed, First name. Interview. By Interviewer Name. Date of interview.
2. Example: Mars, Bruno. Interview. By Julie Chapman. 10 May 2020.

What is the format of citation?

Types of in-text citation

Citation style	Disciplines	Type of citation
MLA	Humanities	Parenthetical (author-page number)
APA	Psychology, education, social sciences	Parenthetical (author-date)
Chicago A	History, humanities	Notes
Chicago B	Sciences, social sciences, humanities	Parenthetical (author-date)