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Why do we cite?
When you cite you:
- give credit to the author
- enable others to locate the resource that you cited
- improve the credibility of your work, especially if you cited authoritative sources
- help avoid plagiarism
If you use other people's ideas without properly giving them credit, you are committing plagiarism, which is a serious NSU honor code violation. Read more about NSU's plagiarism policy here.