Citations are used to acknowledge the sources of information you are using. They give credit where credit is due. In addition to avoiding plagiarism and demonstrating how your writing builds upon previous work, citations help you meaningfully engage in academic discourse. They also help enhance the credibility of your writing.
Source: A (Very) Brief Introduction. This video provides a short introduction to how and when to use citations. Created by NCSU Libraries under a Creative Commons 3.0 BY-NC-SA US license via YouTube.
Describe books, journal articles, websites, or other published items
Give credit to the originator of an idea, thus preventing plagiarism
Enable the reader to retrieve the item you refer to
Include the author, title, date, source, and DOI if available
To avoid plagiarism and its serious professional repercussions (example 1; example 2)
Be an ethical writer
Give credit to your sources
Make your sources easier for others to find
28 Guidelines for Avoiding Plagiariam (US Office of Research Integrity)
Responsible Conduct of Research LibGuide
Research Articles about the syntactic and contextual information of citations and citing motivations
Citation management software allows you to collect, organize, share, and format citations. Most of these tools offer the ability to add citations to Microsoft Word documents. The Libraries support several options as shown below.
The Libraries offer hands-on workshops in person and online to get you started with a citation management software. Click here to see the schedule and register.
Scientific Style & Format: the CSE Manual for Authors, Editors, and publishers
Purdue OWL (Purdue’s Online Writing Lab)
Just need to create a quick citation or bibliography? Try ZoteroBib.
In addition to ZoteroBib, there are many citation generators online (e.g., Citation Machine) that will format individual references. Many literature discovery tools offer citation generators too!
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