Citing Sources
Citation is the process of explaining to the reader where they can find the information used in your paper. You must always give credit to the original writers and researchers whose work has been studied. To borrow ideas, phrases, or other material without giving the source is plagiarism. There are two types of plagiarism:
- Using ideas, information, or language without crediting the source;
- Documenting the source, but paraphrasing the language too closely, without using quotation marks to indicate what words or phrases have been borrowed.
To avoid plagiarizing, you must document your sources properly. In ADJ this requires in-text citations in APA format. This includes citing author and date for summaries (Wilson, 2006) and author, date and page numbers for paraphrases and direct quotes (Johnson, 2009: 45). When in doubt, document!
Document all contributions by others used in your paper. These contributions may include the following: