This document discusses bibliographic citation and referencing. It defines bibliography as a list of books or articles about a certain subject. Citation is acknowledging the owners of ideas or thoughts used and gives credit to prevent plagiarism. Bibliographic citation involves acknowledging sources of copied ideas and works through in-text citations or a reference list. Reasons for citation include giving credit, tracking sources, tracing ideas, improving credibility, guiding further reading, and avoiding plagiarism charges. Bibliographic referencing refers to the list of cited works provided at the end of a book.
3. What is Bibliography
Bibliography is a list of books or articles about a
certain subject.
Citation is an acknowledgement of the owners of
ideas or thought. It is a way of giving credit to whom
credit is due. Citation guides against plagiarism-an act
of copying someone's ideas or work pretending to be
the owner. Plagiarism is a criminal offence.
4. Bibliographic Citation
This is an act of acknowledging or citing the owner of
the ideas and works you copied while making a
research work or writing a paper.
This could be in-text citation or reference
list/bibliography of the work, words, ideas and facts
that are used in the written work or presentation.
5. Reason for Citation
To give credit to initiator(s) of ideas used in the work
To keep track of sources used
To trace the development of an idea
To improve authors credibility
To guide reader on further readings
To protect yourself from being charged for plagerism