Document all sources that influenced your argument for your paper.
Why must you document your sources?
1. Give credit where credit is due.
2. Situate the writer's (your) voice within the scholarly conversation.
3. Demonstrate competence and trustworthiness of the writer (you).
4. Courtesy to your readers
5. Avoid plagiarism.
The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) contains writing resources and instructional materials focused on the writing process, academic writing, mechanics, grammar, punctuation, and more.
Use any of these citation generators to quickly create citations.
Use with caution, though. Not all are 100% accurate. Some miss finer details like capitalization or punctuation. Proof the final citations according to a style manual.
