Citation is important because it is you giving credit in your paper for ideas that you borrowed from someone else to strengthen your own work. It is important to make it clear when you are using another person's ideas because you want to avoid intentional (or unintentional) plagiarism: the uncredited use of someone else's ideas and thoughts as your own. To avoid plagiarism, create in-text citations in the body of your paper, and a 'works cited' page--a separate page at the end of your paper--that tells the reader about the sources where you got your information. The in-text citations you include in your paper must match the source information you put in your Works Cited page. Here are some links to videos to help you create all of the citations you'll need to write a well-cited paper:
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