LLE7495-05425 (20201) - Compreensão e Produção Escrita em Língua Inglesa V (PCC 36 h/a)

Referencing is very important for your academic work, to give it credibility. Citing credible external sources has the following main reasons: 

• • showing the amount of research you have done.
  • strengthening your work by lending outside support to your ideas.
  • giving proper credit to the original author or creator.
  • demonstrating the accuracy and reliability of your information.
  • enabling a reader to locate the sources you cited.
  • avoiding plagiarism.

(adapted from https://libguides.reynolds.edu/cite)

There are many styles for citations. For the Letras Inglês, it is usually used the APA for language studies and MLA for literature studies. Our course focuses a little on APA. Alternatively, ABNT can be used. 

Watch the video on citation below, entitled Citation: A brief introduction below.

You may also see this other video on citation, entitled Citation Basics: Why Cite?