source citations
Where facts originate
Source citations are references that identify where information came from—typically including author, title, publication, and date.
Academic writing requires source citations to credit others' work and allow readers to verify claims.
The format varies by discipline: MLA style for humanities, APA for social sciences.
To cite your sources is to provide these references.
- academic integrityEthical standards in education
- APAPsychology organization's format
- MLAHumanities citation system
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Harvard · URL · DOI · Vancouver · AMA · author name · et al · page number · publication date · works cited · publisher · edition · title · Oxford · footnotes · ibid · bibliography · reference list
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- bibliographybibliography, annotated bibliography, bibliographers, bibliographies, works cited
- educationeducation, school, schools, teachers, students
- textbookstextbook, textbooks, schoolbooks, math textbook, science textbook
- genealogyfamily trees, family history, descendants, ancestors, ancestry tracing
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Unattributed use of others' work
stolen content · academic dishonesty · passing off · literary theft · copyright infringement
source citationsbaseless claims
Assertions without factual support
fabricated evidence · speculation · conjecture · hearsay · anecdotal evidence
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