Research Guides: Race & Identity in Judaism: REL 0802/0902 // JEWISH ST 0802/0902: Info Lit: Chasing Citations, Finding Full Text

Why cite?

Why cite sources in an academic research paper?

To credit authors or artists whose arguments, ideas, or creative works you've used
To allow people reviewing your work to check your sources for accuracy
To allow readers to understand how you came up with your arguments
To provide scholars with further sources for their own research
To avoid plagiarism

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Library Search is your gateway to discover books, journal articles, and much more at Temple University Libraries. Additional information can be found in our Library Search FAQ's.

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Library Search is your gateway to discover books, journal articles, and much more at Temple University Libraries. Additional information can be found in our Library Search FAQ's.

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Question: Why would you use Google Scholar?

Answer: Google Scholar identifies scholarly research materials from a broad range of subject areas. It can be a great place to begin your research and learn more about your topic.

If you are off-campus, set-up your preferences to access Temple's full-text articles through Google Scholar.

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Google Scholar provides search for scholarly literature. It covers disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations.