Tutorial 1: The ethics of documenting sources

Purposes of documentation

Professional historians writing history are always careful to document their sources. This process is also know as "citing sources" or "footnoting."

Check the reasons why you should always document your sources.

 

 

 

 

 

To avoid plagiarism
 To delineate your ideas from
the ideas of other scholars.
To conceal where you got your information from.
To allow your reader to verify your information.