Why Cite?

• To provide evidence for your arguments and adds credibility to your work. It shows that you have sought out and considered a variety of viewpoints on a given topic.
• To help readers find your sources. It allows them to go through some of the steps you took to reach your conclusions.
• To show your supervisor(s) the work that you have done.
• To avoid plagiarism.

What kind of sources should you cite?

• Direct quotations from a book, article, film, letter, email, lecture, etc.
• Ideas you draw from a source but present entirely in your own words.
• Paraphrases and summaries of books, journal articles, pamphlets.
• Single words, short phrases, sentences and longer passages quoted from books or articles used.
• Statistics.