Citation & Style Guides

Why Should I Cite? 

• To show you reader you've done proper researsh by listing sources you have used to get your information.
• They give proper credit to the authors whose ideas you’re quoting or paraphrasing. 
• Professors want you to cite in your work so they can go back and find where you got the ideas, quotes, etc.
• Finally, citations protect you from plagiarism, they are academically required. 

When Should I Cite?

• You should use citations whenever you quote, paraphrase, or summarize the work of someone else.
• Quotations are exact duplicates of other people's words.
• Paraphrases are other people's ideas rewritten in your own phrasing. They're usually about the same length as the original material.
• Summaries are other people's ideas that you've shortened to highlight the main ideas. They're always shorter than the original material.