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people's ideas is evident while producing a research paper. Incorporating other people's ideas

is acceptable in academic writing.

You must make it clear to the reader in any academic work which ideas, facts,

hypotheses, concepts, etc. are your own and which were inspired by other people's research
and ideas. If it's not your original concept, the source must be cited whether you summarize,

paraphrase, or utilize direct quotes. Information that is viewed as a potential exemption to

this rule is a well-known fact such as Ir. Soekarno served as the Republic of Indonesia's first
president.
Various styles are acceptable in writing
Despite the wide range of citation citation such as APA, MLA, Chicago, and

styles, this section will just briefly touch on the others. Which writing style reference
used will depend on the disciplines, the
APA Style Manual Publication 7th edition citation
targeted journals, or your institution’s
styles. These are shown in the accompanying preference.
table.

Adapted from:
https://library.sacredheart.edu/c.php?g=29803&p=185939#:~:text=A%20citation%20is%20a%20reference,%2C%20Turabian%2C%20etc.%
5D.
Category Rule Examples

One author Surname of author, no initials or suffixes . . . This was seen in an Australian
such as Jr. The year of publication is also study (Couch, 2017).
included OR
Couch (2017) suggests that . . .
OR
In 2017, Couch conducted a study
which showed that . . .
Two authors Cite both surnames every time the . . . (Zheng & Labeke, 2017)
reference occurs in the text. OR
Zheng and Labeke (2017) . . .
Three or more Cite only the surname of the first author . . . (De Keyser et al., 2019).
authors followed by et al. and the year of OR
publication. Note: There is a full-stop (.) De Keyser et al. (2019) . . .
after al (see below).
Anonymous author Use Anonymous in place of the author's . . . (Anonymous, 2019)
surname.
Corporate or group If organization is recognized by . . (Australian Institute of Health and
authors abbreviation, cite the first time as follows: Welfare [AIHW], 2019)

However, if abbreviation not widely
known, give the name in full every
time:

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