OT 306: Therapeutic Skills 3: Citation Guide

A citation is reference in a work to the source where the information was acquired. Citations may appear as parenthetical attributions or as in-text numbered attributions that may refer to either a footnote or a source in the References. 

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1. To give fair credit to the creator(s) of a particular work (avoid plagiarism!)
2. To help you to develop yourself as both a college-level thinker and writer
3. To build on the intellectual work of others, which contributes to the flourishing of the academic subjects you study
4. To help readers of your work better understand the points you're arguing
5. To provide readers with the publication information for sources you've used in case they want to locate it on their own

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Citations are used in order to properly credit the original source author. Copying work and passing it off as your own is plagiarism, a very serious offense. Below is the LIU Academic Policy Conduct Standards, noting the different types of plagiarism. 

Academic Respect for the Work of Others - Plagiarism
Representing in any academic activity the words or ideas of another as one’s own (whether knowingly or in ignorance) without proper acknowledgement. This principle applies to texts published in print or on-line, to manuscripts, to your own work, and to the work of other students. Acts of plagiarism include but are not limited to:

1. Paraphrasing ideas, data, or writing (for instance, from web or online databases, books, periodicals, monographs, maps, charts, pamphlets, and other electronic sources), even if it makes up only part of your written assignment, without properly acknowledging the source; or
2. Using someone’s words or phrases and embedding them in your own writing without using quotation marks and citing the source; or
3. Quoting material directly from a source, citing the source on the bibliography page, but failing to mark properly the author’s text or materials with quotation marks and a citation; or
4. Submitting as your own part of or an entire work produced by someone else; or
5. Transferring and using another person’s computer file as your own; or
6. Obtaining papers, tests, and other assessment material from organizations or individuals who make a practice of collecting papers for resubmission; or
7. Using visual images, dance performances, musical compositions, theatrical performances, and other digital resources (PowerPoint presentations, etc.) as your own without proper acknowledgement.

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