There are many reasons why it is so important to cite the sources you use in your research.
- You demonstrate to your reader you've done proper research by listing sources you used to get your information.
- You avoid plagiarism by quoting the words and ideas of other scholars.
- You are being a responsible scholar by giving credit to other researchers and acknowledging their ideas.
- You allow your reader to find the sources you used by citing them accurately in your paper by using in-text citations or footnotes in combination with a bibliography or works cited list.
