Why is it necessary to reference the sources that you used in a report?

Citing or documenting the sources used in your research serves three purposes: It gives proper credit to the authors of the words or ideas that you incorporated into your paper. It allows those who are reading your work to locate your sources, in order to learn more about the ideas that you include in your paper.

What information does not need to be cited?

Common knowledge does not need to be cited. Common knowledge includes facts that are known by a lot of people and can be found in many sources. For example, you do not need to cite the following: Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States.

What is it called when you don’t cite a source?

Plagiarism is the act of taking words, ideas or information from others and presenting them as your own. Failure to cite basically means that you are claiming that the entire paper and all of its information as yours and, if that’s untrue, it’s plagiarism.

What are citing sources?

Citing a source means that you show, within the body of your text, that you took words, ideas, figures, images, etc. from another place. Citations are a short way to uniquely identify a published work (e.g. book, article, chapter, web site).

When must you cite a source?

ALWAYS CITE, in the following cases: When you quote two or more words verbatim, or even one word if it is used in a way that is unique to the source. Explanation. When you introduce facts that you have found in a source.

When should you not cite a source?

Here are some guidelines to help you navigate citation practices.Cite when you are directly quoting. Cite when you are summarizing and paraphrasing. Cite when you are citing something that is highly debatable. Don’t cite when what you are saying is your own insight. Don’t cite when you are stating common knowledge.

How do you reference your own diagram?

You don’t cite your own figures, tables, equations, or drawings if the current work is their first appearance. (You would then cite them in later works if the situation were to arise.) There is no citation needed if it is something you created yourself.

Do you have to cite common knowledge?

Do you have to cite common knowledge? Common knowledge does not need to be cited in your paper. However, to avoid plagiarism, you should be absolutely certain a piece of information is considered common knowledge before you omit the reference.

What are 5 things that don’t need to be cited?

When you don’t need to citeHistorical overviews.Your own ideas or findings.Conclusions (containing formerly cited ideas)Common knowledge.

What does MLA mean?

Modern Language Association

How do I write about another’s ideas?

Quote directly: put quotation marks around the words and identify the source. Paraphrase: put the information into your own words and identify the source. Summarize: take the key ideas and paraphrase them and identify the source.

Do you have to cite your source if you rewrite the sentence in your own words?

Be sure to use quotation marks and cite your source. Paraphrase: You are paraphrasing when you take someone else’s words and rewrite them in your own words without altering the meaning or providing interpretation. Always cite it.