PSYC 101 - General Psychology - Course Guide: Cite & Write

Whenever you quote, paraphrase, or even write a sentence that isn't completely your original idea, you need to cite your sources. Because:

• It's important to give credit where credit is due.
• When you use other people's ideas without giving credit, it is called plagiarism.
• Using citations will allow you to build upon other's ideas and research.

A citation is a reference to the source of information you use.

• You have citations both within your paper and at the very end.
• Citations help provide details that your reader can use to locate your sources and information used within.

In Microsoft Word 2013 and Microsoft Word 2010, you can automatically create a bibliography of the sources you used to write your document.