The importance of referencing

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The importance of referencing

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Background

• Copying another authors work without giving
  credit is known as plagiarism, which is an
  academic violation.
• After sourcing information from some work, it is
  important to give credit while writing a paper.
• The slides after this will explain in detail the
  importance of referencing

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Acknowledgment of existing work

• After sourcing ideas from already existing work,
  it is very important to give references as a way
  of accepting and giving value to the research
  that was done before.
• It also helps in avoiding plagiarism

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Credit to other writers

• Coming up with an idea and putting it down in
  writing a paper is a sign of hard work and thus
  Contribution of other writers on a similar topic
  is rewarded and their existence is acknowledged
  by referencing.

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Tracing the source

• References always give a clear guideline on how
  borrowed ideas can be traced back to the source.
• Even without the writers direction, anyone can
  just use the reference section to source more
  information

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Well Researched Work

• For accurate and convincing information in any
  piece of writing, wide research is required.
• Therefore, a properly referenced work is an
  evidence of how wide the writer has researched in
  his/her work.

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