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Handling Citations_ When to Cite Sources in Your Manuscripts - Enago Academy

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Handling Citations_ When to Cite Sources in Your Manuscripts - Enago Academy

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  1. HandlingCitations:WhentoCiteSourcesin YourManuscripts Enago Academy is here to answer all your questions related to academic research and publishing.

  2. ENAGO ACADEMY Enago Academy offers comprehensive and up-to-date resources for researchers, publishers, editors, and students to learn and share their experience about research and publishing. Enago Academy also conducts workshops primarily for ESL authors, early-stage researchers, and graduate students. Our advanced workshop modules cater to the needs of researchers who want to know more about the issues pertinent to successful publication.

  3. ENAGO Enago is the trusted name in author services for the global research community. Since 2005, we have worked with researchers in more than 125 countries improving the communication of their research and helping them to achieve success in publication. We have offices in Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing, Shanghai, Istanbul, and New York. Enago operates globally with regional teams supporting researchers locally. Enago is the preferred partner for many leading universities and research organizations worldwide. In addition, we also collaborate with prominent publishers and societies to overcome regional challenges.

  4. 9/7/2018 Handling Citations: When to Cite Sources in Your Manuscripts - EnagoAcademy HandlingCitations:WhentoCiteSourcesin YourManuscripts Lastupdated Aug 29, 2018 When writing your research paper, keep a list of your sources of information. You must ensure that any informationyouusefromothersourcesisproperlycitedandreferenced.Thismeansthatyoumust“acknowledge” thesourceinboththetextwithacitationandattheendofthepaperinyourreferences.Thisisimportant!You want to avoid plagiarism at all costs. Plagiarism simply means that the writer has used someone else’s work withoutgivingthatpersonpropercredit.Thisisaseriousoffense.Itcanresultineithernotbeingpublishedor beingwithdrawnafterbeingpublished.Itcanresultindisciplinaryactionandwillmostcertainlyhaveaneffecton your credibility as a researcher. Enago Academy has several excellent articleson plagiarism that will helpyou understandandavoidit. Here,weprovideinformationonhowyoumusthandlecitationsofyoursourcesandsomeofthecommonformats. Formats https://www.enago.com/academy/handling-citations-cite-sources-manuscripts/

  5. 9/7/2018 Handling Citations: When to Cite Sources in Your Manuscripts - EnagoAcademy Therearethreetypesofcitations: In-text:Thisreferstothe“tag”withinthetextitself.Theformatwillvaryaccordingtothestyleguideused oraspecikcdiscipline.Somestylesguidessuggestusingnumerals,whileothersuseauthornamesanddates ofpublication.Areferencelistiscreatedbasedonthecitedtextandisplacedattheendofthedocumentas “References”or“ListofCitations”eithernumericallyoralphabetically. Twoexamples:  TheTimberWolfwasonceagreatpredatorthroughoutNorthAmerica.5 TheTimberWolfwasonceagreatpredatorthroughoutNorthAmerica(Smith,1970). ThekrstexampleisfromAmericanMedicalAssociation(AMA)styleguide;thesecondisfromtheAmerican PsychologicalAssociation(APA)styleguide. Endnote:Anendnoteismuchthesameasanin-textcitationexceptthatitusesnumeralssurroundedby brackets.Thereferencesectionissimplyalistofthesenumericcitationsinreferenceformatattheendof thepaper. Footnote:Afootnoteissimilartoanendnoteexceptthatthereferenceisplacedatthebottomofthepage onwhichthecitationappears. Ifyouarewritingapapertobepublishedinajournal,theauthorguidelineswillprovideyouwiththestyletobe used.Ifyouarewritingapaperforaclass,yourprofessorwillprovideyouwiththatinformation.APA,MLA,AMA, andChicagoManualofStylearethemostcommonlyusedstylesinacademicwriting. WhentoCite Whenyouprovidereferences,youprovidesomeassurancesthatyouhavedoneyourresearch.Thereaderwillbe betterabletoassesswhetheryourinformationisvalid.Thisisimportanttoyourcredibility. Youneednotciteeverypieceofinformationthatyouuse,butyoushouldbecomefamiliarwiththerulesoutlined here.Theseapplytoallsources,includingnewscasts,websites,andeventelevisionandradioprograms. discipline.Forexample,ifyouarereviewingapieceofart,yourpaperwillhavefewcitations.Mostofthetext will Thereshouldbesomebalancebetweencitedmaterialsandoriginalthoughts;however,thiswillalsovaryby beyouropinion.Ontheotherhand,yourpaperonyourresearchstudywillhaveagreatnumberofcitationsthat https://www.enago.com/academy/handling-citations-cite-sources-manuscripts/

  6. 9/7/2018 Handling Citations: When to Cite Sources in Your Manuscripts - EnagoAcademy showexamplesoforbackupyourkndings.Inallcases,allcitedmaterialshouldbediscussed,andallmajorpoints shouldbesupportedandcited. Herearesomebasicrulesforwhentoalwaysciteanother’swork.Rememberthatitisbettertoerronthesideof caution.Whenindoubt,addthecitation. Quotations.Aquotationisaword-for-wordduplicateofsomeoneelse’swork.Mostpeopleinstinctively understandthatthesemustbecited.Evenifonlyoneword,theymustalsobeenclosedinquotationmarks. Ifmorethanthreelines,theyshouldbeoffsetfromtherestofthetext. Paraphrasing:Evenifyouputanother’sideasintoyourownwords,itmustbecited.Itisnottheworkitself, buttheoriginalidea,thatmustbeacknowledged.Forexample: Original:  “Experienced riders instinctively understand the body language of their horses. Body languageisextremelyimportantbecauseit’showhorsescommunicate.Trainersspendhours andhoursdoingbasicgroundwork,whichultimatelytranslatestothesaddle.Thisisamust foranyridertobeabletohaveagoodandsaferelationshipwithherhorse.” Paraphrased:  Ahorse’sbodylanguageisveryimportanttounderstand.Thosewhohavebeentraining horsesforyearsknowandunderstandthis.Groundworkwithyourhorseisabasicnecessity tobeabletounderstandhisbodylanguage.Thisworkwilltransferdirectlytoyourridingand willmaketheexperiencesafer. Thebestwaytobeginisbylookingformainpointsinthetextanddiscusstheminyourownwords.Dekneany  technicaltermsforthereader. Summarizing:Thisismuchthesameasparaphrasingexceptthatitrelaysonlythemainideaandisshorter. https://www.enago.com/academy/handling-citations-cite-sources-manuscripts/

  7. 9/7/2018 Examplefromabove: Handling Citations: When to Cite Sources in Your Manuscripts - EnagoAcademy  Knowinghowtointerpretyourhorse’sbodylanguageisextremelyimportantforyour relationship andsafety. Commonknowledge:Commonknowledgeneednotbecitedunlessitalsocontainsstatisticalorresearch information. Example(neednotbecited):  St.PaulisthecapitalofMinnesota. Example(shouldbecited):  St.PaulisthecapitalofMinnesotaandhasthehighestrateofmultiplesclerosisinthestate. AlthoughitiscommonknowledgethatSt.PaulistheStateCapital,itisconsideredstatisticalinformationthatit hasthehighestrateofmultiplesclerosisintheState.Thisfactmustbecited. Conclusions/supplementalinformation:Oncecited,youneednotcitethesamereferencesagaininyour conclusions. If you introduce new information, you must cite it. The same holds true of supplemental information. Keepinmindthatacademicinstitutionsindifferentcountriesmighthavedifferentrulesforcitingsources. Becomefamiliarwithyourinstitution’srulestoavoidanyconfusionwhenwritingyourpaper. https://www.enago.com/academy/handling-citations-cite-sources-manuscripts/

  8. 9/7/2018 Handling Citations: When to Cite Sources in Your Manuscripts - EnagoAcademy Youhaveseveralsourcesofreferencesandmanyalsohaveseveralreferenceswithinthemthatyouwanttouseas well.Howdoyoucitethese?Shareyourthoughtsinthecommentsectionbelow! This article was originally published at Enago Academy by EnagoManuscript Editing services which provides scientific editing to researchers authors and Phd students. For more information contact - - orders@enago.com. https://www.enago.com/academy/handling-citations-cite-sources-manuscripts/

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