Authors and research students often get anxious when it comes to citing sources in academic writing. For most, this is a task done at the far end of the research writing process, where they face the challenge of including proper citations collected over a long period. While many are disciplined …
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Every research paper builds on prior research, and this process begins with a literature review—the crux of scholarly research. In academic publications, citations and references constitute the sources—published and unpublished—consulted when writing your paper.1 Proper referencing of published literature is non-negotiable; it enables others researchers to (a) know wherefrom you …