Citation Flashcards
Set of rules on how to cite sources in an academic writing.
Citation
It is required whenever you refer to someone else’s work to avoid plagiarism (Swaen, 2015).
Citation
Referred to as, the way you tell your readers that a certain material in your work came from another source.
Citation
It will give the readers the information necessary to find that source again (Turnitin, 2017).
Citation
The Importance of Citation
- It is helpful for anyone who wants to find out more about your ideas and where they came from.
- Citing sources shows the amount of research
you’ve done. - Citing sources strengthens your work by lending outside support to your ideas.
- It is a basis of authenticity of one’s study.
- It ensures the ethical and academic honesty
of someone’s work. - It reveals the sources of information and
knowledge. - It served as a legal basis in crafting the body
of your study.
Styles of Citation used in an Academic Paper
- Modern Language Association (MLA)
- American Psychological Association (APA)
- Chicago
It is widely used in the Humanities such as in the fields of English, Literatures, Arts, and Philosophy.
Modern Language Association (MLA)
It uses brief parenthetical citations in the text that refers to an alphabetical list of work cited appearing at the end of the work.
Modern Language Association (MLA)
This citation style uses an author-date system.
American Psychological Association (APA)
It is widely used in the Social Sciences field such as Anthropology, Business, Communication, Education, Political Science, and Psychology.
American Psychological Association (APA)
It uses in-text citation in the text that refer to an alphabetical list of references appearing the end of the work.
American Psychological Association (APA)
It is a citation style that was introduced and published by the Chicago University.
Chicago
Chicago style supports two styles, which are?
- Notes and Bibliography
- Author-Date
This documentation system is preferred in researches concerning the field bibliographic information such as notes and bibliography is needed.
Notes and Bibliography System
These are placed in the bottom part of the paper and provide all information relative to the source
Footnotes and Endnotes
Notes and bibliography system citation for works with one author.
CMS
This style of referencing is used often whenever you summarize, paraphrase, or quote information from another source, such as: passages from books, or articles in an academic journal.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Lists all the sources you have cited in your paper or manuscript.
Reference page
Four components of the reference page
The author’s name, date, title, and source
Allows the researcher recognized the contribution of other writers and researchers in your manuscript.
Reference page
Helps the researcher keep track of the sources they consulted or cited for their written material and gives readers a framework of how the writer’s arguments were formed.
Bibliography
This is the pattern that the researcher may follow when citing a book.
Author’s last name, Initial of First Name (Year of Publication).Book Title. City of Publication: Name of Publication.
The given pattern of referencing for a source that may came from Magazines and Newspaper Articles.
Author’s Last Name, Initial of the First Name. (Year of Publication).
Article title. Periodical title, volume number (issue number if available).inclusive pages.
The standard pattern for Website or Webpage
Author’s Name (Date of Publication). Title of article. Title of periodical, volume
number, Retrieved month day, year, from full URL.
