KP290 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Intellectual History, Ibm Officevision
10 Jul 2019
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
To nd out how people build on each others thinking or ndings. Citations document how our collective knowledge base takes shape over time. To invite readers into the ongoing dialogue of ideas, the basis for all academic discourse. Some practical reasons for citing sources (aka referencing) To demonstrate that your have done some homework. To demonstrate that you have a handle on the issues in your area of interest and on how others have approaches it. To lead an interested reader to a source where she / he can learn more or check out your interpretation. To nd out who has made this point, in the existing literature on the subject. To see how people respond to each others thinking or ndings. It is a set of rules that can be used against you unless you choose to become informed about proper referencing / plagiarism. In the undergraduate calendar plagiarism is listed with:
