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Citing Sources
Or, Scholarship as Conversation
Cite properly to …
… acknowledge your debt to scholars who have come before you.
Cite properly to …
… promote history scholarship by conversing about sources, methods, issues and topics.
Cite properly to …
… help the reader distinguish your ideas and conclusions from ones that are not yours.
Cite properly to …
… give the reader a trail to follow to check the accuracy of your quotations, and the totality of the sources you used to develop your thesis.
Cite properly to …
… avoid plagiarism*.
Plagiarism is a form of dishonesty
in academic work, whether done
inadvertently or consciously.
(It’s in the Knox Honor Code!)
*Plagiarism is the act of using someone else’s ideas, concepts, words, images, music, etc. as if they were your own, without giving proper credit; it is intellectual theft.
What to cite
• Direct quotations
• Ideas and concepts of others that you paraphrase
• Images, music notation, etc: All other intellectual property that isn’t yours!
What not to cite
Commonly accepted facts. Examples:
• President James Garfield was assassinated by Charles Guiteau in 1881.
• Knox College was founded in 1837.
• John Brown was an abolitionist.
For more about citing sources:• Jules R. Benjamin. A Student’s Guide to History, 10th ed. (p. 115-18,
127-31). REF D16.3 B4 2007
• Anthony Brundage. Going to the Sources: A Guide to Historical Research and Writing, 3rd ed. (p. 80-83). REF D16 .B893 2002
• Conal Furay and Michael Salevouris. The Methods and Skills of History: A Practical Guide (p. 193-97). On Reserve D21 .F947 2000
• Richard Marius and Melvin E. Page. A Short Guide to Writing About History (p. 175-82). Main Stacks D13 .M294 2002
• Mary Lynn Rampolla. A Pocket Guide to Writing in History, 4th ed. (p. 70-84). Main Stacks D13 .R295 2004
Thank You!
Laurie Sauer
X7788
Acknowledgement: Images, except for the image of Old Main, are from the HarpWeek (Harper’s Weekly) database.