Citing Source

Citation

 The way you tell your readers that certain material in your work came from
another source
 A mention of a praiseworthy act
 Giving credits to the author
What are the importance of citation?

 To show your reader you've done proper research by listing sources you used
to get your information
 To be a responsible scholar by giving credit to other researchers and
acknowledging their ideas
 To avoid plagiarism by quoting words and ideas used by other authors
 To allow your reader to track down the sources you used by citing them
accurately in your paper by way of footnotes, a bibliography or reference list
In-text Citation

 Source of information from where you took the ideas and information
 They are commonly seen in sentences
 One of the most popular ways is mentioning the name of the author/s and the
year of publication
Examples:

 (Field, 2005)
 (Field, 2005, p. 14)
 (Derwing, Rossiter, & Munro, 2002; Thomas, 2004)
Reference Citation

 List of sources given at the end of the work

 Unlike in text citation this contains complete information and source
 Provide more details of where you get the ideas
Examples:

 Derwing, T. M., Rossiter, M. J., & Munro, M. J. (2002). Teaching native speakers
to listen to foreign-accented speech. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural
Development,23(4), 245-259
 Thomas, H. K. (2004). Training strategies for improving listeners'
comprehension of foreign-accented speech (Doctoral dissertation). University of
Colorado, Boulder
Citation Styles

 APA (American Psychological Association) is used by Education, Psychology,

and Sciences
 MLA (Modern Language Association) style is used by the Humanities
APA(American Psychological Association)

 Structure:
Last, F. M. (Year Published) Book. City, State: Publisher.
 Examples:
James, H. (1937). The ambassadors. New York, NY: Scribner.
Rowling, J.K. (2001). Harry Potter and the socerer's stone. London: Bloomsburg
Children's.
MLA(Modern Language Association)

 Structure:
Last, First M. Book. City: Publisher, Year Published. Print.
 Examples:
James, Henry. The Ambassadors. Rockville: Serenity, 2009. Print.
Dickens, Charles. Great Expectations. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1942. Print.