In this tutorial, you will learn why you should credit your sources, what types of information you should cite, what academic honesty is, and how to be academically honest. This module is designed to take about 10 minutes to complete and includes lots of examples and some interactive practice.
How documentation works:
There are several specific styles of documentation, but all have the same idea: When you borrow another's information, you explicitly say in your paper what is borrowed and where it is from.
Resources that will help you document your paper in Turabian or two other popular styles--MLA and APA.
Web sites that can assist you in creating a citation in the proper format for Turabian, MLA, and APA are:
Why is it necessary to show where words and ideas of others are used in your writing?
When you use information from other authors in your writing, you must be honest about revealing your sources. To do this, various formal methods of acknowledging where you gathered information have been developed. These methods are called "documentation."
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