Citing sources in written assignments
When you as a student work on a written homework assignment, you must draw on insight and knowledge gained from various sources. Required literature will often be a central source, but you may also use other academic literature and other types of sources, such as brochures, websites and images.
You can search for literature and other written sources in the library, in databases and on the Internet. Ask your instructor or a librarian for help in finding good sources.
Written assignments must meet the standards of academic integrity required for scientific work. This means that your work needs to be verifiable, and that you acknowledge other authors' work. In order to fulfill these requirements, your assignment must include a bilbliography, meaning a list of literature or references, which provides a complete overview of all texts and other sources you have used. Within the text, you must refer to the sources that form the basis of the information, theories and arguments you present.
The purpose of citing sources is to make clear what you have taken from sources and what are your own analyses, interpretations and conclusions.
Bibliography: literature and reference list
The bibliography should be placed at the end of the assignment. It should contain all of the sources you have used in the assignment and cited in your text.
Citing sources
There are various systems for citing sources (referring to sources) within the text.
Quoting sources
Sometimes it is appropriate to quote or summarize a paragraph or section from a source. Short sections can be quoted directly, indirectly or summarized.
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