Why do we use citations?
The use of citations helps you to avoid plagiarism and the consequences that come along with it. If you use others' ideas, work, or research without giving proper citation, this is essentially taking credit for their work. In using citations it will allow readers and researchers to locate your sources and can help facilitate scholarly conversation around a topic. Additionally, citing is a professional courtesy that will strengthen the credibility of your work.
The USC Libraries has published a short interactive tutorial on citation and plagiarism you can complete here.
How is Plagiarism Defined?
Per the CSUB Undergraduate Academic Integrity Policy, plagiarism: "...is claiming the published or unpublished work of someone else as your own. This includes handing in someone else’s work; turning in copied or purchased compositions; using paragraphs, sentences, phrases,
words, or ideas, including paraphrasing, written by another writer; or using data and/or statistics compiled by
someone else as your own without giving appropriate credit to the original writer. Plagiarism also includes using
work submitted in another class without permission of the instructor."
How Do I Avoid Plagiarism?
Take advantage of resources like Purdue OWL's Plagiarism Overview and familiarize yourself with the FAQs of plagiarism. If you are concerned about unintentionally plagarising a resource, there are a number of things to take into account to prevent this.
You Quote It, You Note It! - an interactive module created by Acadia University's Vaughan Memorial Library, this tutorial explains what citation is as well as how to cite properly.
APA Style originated in 1929, when a group of psychologists, anthropologists, and business managers convened and sought to establish a simple set of procedures, or style guidelines, that would codify the many components of scientific writing to increase the ease of reading comprehension. They published their guidelines as a seven-page article in Psychological Bulletin describing a “standard of procedure, to which exceptions would doubtless be necessary, but to which reference might be made in cases of doubt” (Bentley et al., 1929, p. 57).
The current manual is, "Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Seventh Edition (2020)" or APA 7th edition. This guide will highlight information and resources for the APA 7th edition specifically.
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