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 Name :- Aditi Vala

MA Sem :- 04

Batch :- 2020-2022

Roll no. :- 01

Enrollment No. :- 3069206420200018

Paper No. :- 209 ( Research Methodology)

Topic :- Documenting Sources

Email id :- valaaditi203@gmail.com

Submitted to :- S.B.Gardi Department Of English,MKBU

Introduction

A documentation style is a standard approach to the citation of sources that the author of a paper has consulted, abstracted, or quoted from. It prescribes methods for citing references within the text, providing a list of works cited at the end of the paper, and even formatting headings and margins. Different academic disciplines use different documentation styles; your instructor may require you to use a particular style, or may allow you use one of your choosing.

 What is a citation?

A "citation" is the way you tell your readers that certain material in your work came from another source. It also gives your readers the information necessary to find that source again, including:

 To document the facts and ideas that you find and use in your research, create a list of sources of information also known as 'works' cited and a series of references that indicate which facts and ideas came from which source in-text parenthetical citations. The Modern Language Association  style of documentation is widely used in the United States.

 Works Cited Basics

Double space all lines within and between entries. (The examples provided in the link below are single spaced to save space).

Indent one-half inch (5 spaces) before the second and all subsequent lines in the citation.

➢  Include all sources actually cited in your paper.

➢  If no author is listed, begin the citation with the title.

➢  The first word in the title and the first letter of all major words in the title are capitalized.

➢  Arrange the completed citations in one list, each item in alphabetical order by the author’s last name.

➢  If there is no author, alphabetize by title.

➢  Abbreviate the names of all months except May, June and July.

➢  Indicate missing information with n. pag. (no pagination), n.p. (no publisher) or n.d. (no date).

➢  All citations end with a period.

 Documenting Sources

Documenting means showing where you got source information that's not your own. Remember, a research paper blends your ideas with ideas and information from other sources. Documentation shows the reader what ideas are yours and what information and ideas you've taken from a source to support your point of view.

Definition of Documentation Defined as written evidence of the interactions between and among health professionals, patients, and their families; the administration of procedures, treatments, and diagnostic tests; the patient’s response to them and education of the family support unit.

Documentation :-

Citing Sources in the Text The list of works cited at the end of your research paper plays an important role in your acknowledgment of sources , but the list does not in itself provide sufficiently detailed and precise documentation. You must indicate to your readers not only what works you used in writing the paper but also what you derived from each source and where in the work you found the material. The most practical way to supply this information is to insert a brief parenthetical acknowledgment in your paper wherever you incorporate another's words, facts, or ideas. Usually the author's last name and a page reference are enough to identify the source and the specific location from which you borrowed material.

 Why  Document?

By correctly documenting, you establish your credibility as a writer and researcher. You're letting your reader know that you've consulted experts whose ideas and information back up your own thoughts and ideas. Consequently, you make your viewpoint or argument more believable.

When you don't document correctly, your academic integrity can be called into question, because it may seem as though you're passing off others' ideas as your own.

If you don't document, you could inadvertently plagiarize, which is grounds for dismissal from college.

 Reasons Why Citation of Sources is Important When Writing :-

1. Attribution serves as a fact-checking tool.

2. Citation makes you a better researcher.

3. Good citation practices make you a better writer.

4. A good bibliography shows off your scientific knowledge.

5. Careful citation practices will build your credibility as a scientist or scholar.

6. Citation enables better verification of your work. (Sankaran)

Medieval Europe was a place both of "raids, pillages, slavery, and extortion" and of "traveling merchants, monetary exchange, towns if not cities, and active markets in grain. The parenthetical reference "(Townsend 10)" indicates that the quotations come from page 10 of a work by Townsend. Given the author's last name, your readers can find complete publication information for the source in the alphabetically arranged list of works cited that follows the text of your paper.

References in the text must clearly point to specific sources in the list of works cited. The information in your parenthetical references in the text must match the corresponding information in the entries in your list of works cited.  For a typical works-cited-list entry, which begins with the name of the author (or editor, translator, or narrator), the parenthetical reference begins with the same name. When the list contains only one work by the author cited, you need give only the author's last name to identify the work: "(Patterson 183-85)." If your list contains more than one author with the same last name, you must add the first initia.

 If two or three names begin the entry, give the last name of each person listed:  If the work has more than three authors, follow the form in the bibliographic entry: either give the first author's last name followed by et al., without any intervening punctuation -or give all the last names. If the work is listed by title, use the title, shortened or in full; if two or more anonymous works have the same title, add a publication fact, such as a date, that distinguishes the works . If the list contains more than one work by the author, add the cited title, in full, after the author's last name .

For sources that use page numbering, give the relevant page number or numbers in the parenthetical reference . A page reference is similarly unnecessary if you use a passage from a one-page work. Electronic publications sometimes include paragraph numbers or other kinds of reference numbers .

If you are citing an entire work, for example, rather than a specific part of it, the author's name in the text may be the only documentation required. The statement "Booth has devoted an entire book to the subject" needs no parenthetical documentation if the list of works cited includes only one work by Booth. If, for the reader's convenience, you wish to name the book in your text, you can recast the sentence: "Booth has devoted an entire book, The Rhetoric of Fiction, to the subject."

 This technique can be useful when an entire paragraph is based on material from a single source. When a source is stated in this way and followed by a sequence of borrowings, it is important to signal at the end of the borrowings that you are switching to another source or to your own ideas. For example: According to Karl F. Zender, Romeo and Juliet presents an opposition between two worlds: "the world of the everyday," associated with the adults in the play, and "the world of romance," associated with the two lovers. Romeo and Juliet's language of love nevertheless becomes "fully responsive to the tang of actuality".

 Two kinds of notes may be used with parenthetical documentation: Content notes offering the reader comment, explanation, or information that the text cannot accommodate.Bibliographic notes containing either several sources or evaluative comments on sources. In providing this sort of supplementary information, place a superscript arabic numeral at the appropriate place in the text and write the note after a matching numeral either at the end of the text (as an endnote) or at the bottom of the page (as a footnote).

In your notes, avoid lengthy discussions that divert the reader's attention from the primary text. In general, comments that you cannot fit into the text should be omitted unless they provide essential justification or clarification of what you have written. You may use a note, for example, to give full publication facts for an original source for which you cite an indirect source and perhaps to explain why you worked from secondary material.Use notes for evaluative comments on sources and for references containing numerous citations. Many observers conclude that health care in the United States is inadequate.1 Technological advancements have brought advantages as well as unexpected problems.

 Conclusion :

Why Documents are necessary the Earlier you learned about summarizing, paraphrasing, and quoting when taking notes. In the next few sections, you will learn how to use these techniques in the body of your paper to weave in source material to support your ideas. Earlier you learned about summarizing, paraphrasing, and quoting when taking notes. In the next few sections, you will learn how to use these techniques in the body of your paper to weave in source material to support your ideas.

Work cited : 

Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook For Writers Of Research Papers (Large Print). Modern Language Association Of America, 2009.

Sankaran, Neeraja. "6 Reasons Why Citation Of Sources Is Important When Writing". Falconediting.Com, 2022, https://falconediting.com/en/blog/6-reasons-why-citation-of-sources-is-important-when-writing.