• Your readers have the ability to look at where you got your information and facts so that they can then go and find more information on the subject.
• It allows writers to give support to the original writer in their ideas and assertions in documents such as proposals and reports.
• It gives writers credit for their work, thus avoiding plagiarism.
There are many different ways to cite your sources and they differ between each format meaning that there is no ONE correct way of citing your work (Citing a book is different from citing a website for example). In your works cited for each piece of media used, included should be the title of the work, when it was written and who it was written by as a bare minimum.
The best way to ensure precision when citing your work is to use a website that deals purely with citing your work such as easybib.com. This website allows you to select the format you wish to use (MLA or APA etc.), the type of media you are citing (article, website, book, etc.) and various other pieces of information. Then when you are done filling in the certain fields, it will generate an accurate citation based on the information provided.
Works Cited
EasyBib: Free Bibliography Maker - MLA, APA, Chicago citation styles. 30 Mar. 2009
Writing That Works: Communicating Effectively on the Job ninth edition (2006). Authors: Charles T. Brusaw, Walter E. Oliu, and Gerald J. Alred
Good job Daniel. THis post is very insightful on the citing aspect of writing. Keep up the good work.
ReplyDeletegreat post, lots of good information.
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ReplyDeleteThis was a very important post because of all the mistakes students make when referencing thier work. You cited your info perfectly and your work was concise and correct. Alittle more graphics next time though. You did an audio last time so I'm not going to harp you about it.
good job bro. -Duncan
I use easybib for my citations. Do you know citation machine. A student told me about that one the other day. I am very happy with easybib.com for citations.
ReplyDeleteBut simply appending a list of "Works Cited" to the end of your entry does not actually help your reader find out which idea came from which source. It's a lazy and misleading way to do the bare minimum necessary to avoid looking like you've plagiarized, while not actually taking the time necessary to identify exactly where each specific idea came from, for the benefit of someone who wants to find out just how much of your work is original, and how much is paraphrased from the sources in your list of references.
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