academic reference
Cited work's documentation
An academic reference is a recommendation from a teacher, professor, or educational administrator attesting to a student's abilities, character, or potential.
Required for college admissions, graduate school applications, and scholarships: She asked her chemistry professor for an academic reference.
Distinguished from professional or personal references by its focus on intellectual capability and classroom performance.
- letter of recommendationWritten endorsement for applicants
- footnoteCitation at page bottom
- bibliographyList of cited works
- journal articleScholarly work in periodical
- primary sourceUnmediated evidence from events
letter of rec · endnote · peer review · testimonial · monograph · character assessment · dissertation · thesis · research paper · library catalog · in-text citation · open access · works cited · literature review · MLA format
- Reference Checksverification, recommendation, endorsement, vouch, HR
- referencesdictionary, encyclopedia, atlas, handbook, manual
academic referenceblog post
Online published writing
social media post · anonymous source · hearsay · Wikipedia · rumor
academic referencegut feeling
Instinctive sense about something
speculation · old wives' tale · superstition · hearsay · urban legend
academic referenceword of mouth
Information passed through conversation
casual conversation · water cooler talk · locker room talk · street talk · bar talk
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