University of Arkansas Libraries,
Fayetteville
Support your conclusions! Cite when you write!
When you conduct research and write papers or speeches, if you
paraphrase, quote or otherwise use any of the original ideas you find as you
read, you must cite the author(s) as you include their ideas or their
work in your paper, or else commit plagiarism.
Consult MLA, APA, Turabian, Chicago, or electronic style manuals, to see how to cite
authors. Internet sources must be cited just as printed ones. Ask your
professor what they require for online sources. If you give credit to the
various authors, you
not only protect yourself, but you also give your writing more authority
and support your opinions more fully, which, along with learning and
discovery, is one of the purposes of research.
When you do research, you are working toward a broader understanding or synthesis of a subject, to "own" the material in a way
which lets you apply it in class and in life, in a much more evolved form
than simple memorization.
Ask at the Reference Desk, phone 575-6645, or email if
you have questions.