When you incorporate another person's words or ideas into your own writing, it is important to cite your source. Citations:
- Give the original author the credit they deserve;
- Point your reader to the original work, in case they'd like to consult it themselves;
- Strengthen your assignments, by supporting ideas with research;
- Show the evolution of scholarship on a topic over time.
For this class, you are asked to use APA style referencing. The following guides provide helpful examples of APA style citations:
