Citation - or recording and acknowledging the sources and creators of the information and ideas you use to form and inform your own research work - is crucial to the ongoing conversation of academic research. It allows your readers to dig deeper, track your process, find more information - AND it gives evidence of your own hard work and gained knowledge - AND it's the law! - the creators of the resources you use also work hard and ought to be credited for the work they do!
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