Give Credit Where Credit is Due
(Geralt 2015)
When writing papers, it's important to give credit to the sources of your information. As a general rule, if you use an article, website or interview someone to gain information on a topic, you need to cite the source.
There are 2 main formats for citing sources that we use at CPCC: MLA and APA. Both formats contain similar information, but each is a little different.
Here we will review the APA format for citations.
You Don't Cite
Common Knowledge:
Something that people can be expected to generally know and is not an opinion.
To credit the ideas of others
To support our conclusions
To help readers find our sources
(Qimono 2016)
Why We Cite
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