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* To show your reader you've done proper research by listing sources you used to get your information
* To be a responsible scholar by giving credit to other researchers and acknowledging their ideas
* To avoid plagiarism by quoting words and ideas used by other authors
* To allow your reader to track down the sources you used by citing them accurately in your paper by way of footnotes, a bibliography or reference list
Source: Citing Sources from MIT Libraries
