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Why Cite?

You need to document the sources that are used in your research paper. The main purposes of citing are:

• To give credit for ideas, information and actual phrasing that are used
• To lend support to arguments by referring to authoritative sources
• To give credit to your sources
• To help readers verify and follow up on the sources used
• To show the research done

When do you need to cite?

You must quote the source when you include the following in your paper:

• direct quotations
• indirect quotations
• major ideas that are not your own
• facts, information and statistics that are not general knowledge

Extracted from McMahan, Elizabeth and Susan Dey. The writer's rhetoric and handbook. New York: McGraw Hill, 1988. 3rd ed. p. 273-274.