This is an important subject for college students who have
to write a lot of papers over their time in school. I started school as a business major, but have recently switched
to Communications. Already I have had to write many more papers than I ever did
as Business major. This has created
a whole new experience for me because now I have to write a paper almost every
other week and all of these papers need to have proper citations. This is challenging because of all the
different citation styles that exist, such as MLA or APA, etc. I have been marked down on a couple of
papers for not citing the source correctly. I agree, of course, that credit needs to be given for others'
research, but I think the specific style requirements are too rigid. I do not think students should pay so
heavily for mis-citing a source, if the appropriate information has been
included. As long as the author's
name and page number are included, and the book or article information is
included in the bibliography, this gives proper credit to the author, and it
should not matter what order it is written in or if the format is exact.
I agree that the strict rules about citations can be hard to deal to deal with. I guess after a while you just get used to it but it feels tedious and time consuming. And it always sucks to be marked down because you accidentally placed a comma in the citation when it shouldn't be there. Little things like that I feel are not a big deal.
ReplyDeleteI feel the same way sometimes. Especially when switching from one style to another it can be confusing and frustrating. However, if you think about it from an author's standpoint it makes a bit more sense. If you had spent time writing a huge paper, you'd wanna make sure that you get credit for the work, right? There has to be a system to make sure that credit goes where it is due. It might help you to get a APA handbook as you still have a bit of time left in your SJSU career.
ReplyDeleteI can see your point of view. However, like what Vera said. AS far as I consider, the citation is not really that important compare to other things.
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