Citations are required in all types of academic texts. They are needed for several reasons: 1. To avoid plagiarismby indicating when you’re taking information from anoth… See more

Usually, your institution (or the journal you’re submitting to) will require you to follow a specific citation style, so check your guidelines or ask your instructor. In some case… See more

In-text citations most commonly take the form of parenthetical citationsfeaturing the last name of the source’s author and its year of publication (aka author-date citations). … See more

Because each style has many small differences regarding things like italicization, capitalization, and punctuation, it can be difficult to get every detail right. Using a cit… See more

Once you’ve prepared your citations, you might still be unsure if they’re correct and if you’ve used them appropriately in your text. This is where Scribbr’s other citation tools and service… See more