When Do You Cite?
According to the F&M Writing Center's guide to Using Outside Sources:
"Whenever you incorporate into your paper an idea from an outside source—any idea that is not obviously common knowledge and was not originally your own—you must acknowledge the source of the idea. Acknowledge a source whether you summarize, paraphrase, or quote. Acknowledge a source whether it is an authoritative scholarly work or a peer you’ve consulted for advice. Take care never to leave unclear which words express your original thoughts and which words—no matter how significant or insignificant they seem—are derived from another source" (Writing Center, 19).
Library Research Guides
Citation: A (Very) Brief Introduction
What is citation? Why do we cite?
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Understanding Plagiarism
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Library Jargon Glossaries
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