Citations and references have significant importance in the thesis, dissertation and research paper, linking the present research with the existing one.
A thesis without citations and references is just junk, useless and plagiarised “writing” (not even a piece of content) and the same is applicable to either research paper or dissertation project.
A thesis or research article needs supporting evidence to strengthen the present work and must be discussed there to justify the research. Notedly, the information too should be unique in the sense.
So you may wonder, if we are using someone else’s work as supporting evidence, then how it’s unique!
The ‘unique’ in the sense that it must be written in your own language, with your own thoughts, in accordance with your study and with reference to the original research.
That’s it!
Now it becomes an authentic, plagiarism-free and unique writeup.
Every piece of information a thesis or article contains should be well-cited and plagiarism-free, it’s the first rule of doing PhD. It’s a simple process, add researchers’ names and the year in which the work was published at the end of the sentence of the paragraph and the navigation to the original article at the end.
Looks like a handy process, right!
But when it comes to citing tons of resources like 300 to 500 citations, things become complicated, styles mix-ups and eventually, it will be a mess!
Don’t know about citation styles? Do read this article: What is an in-text Citation?- APA and MLA in-text Citation.
At one point of time (when you see tones of bibs) you get confused, where to start, what to do and how to correct the bibliography. It’s a common problem for almost all PhD students because they don’t take citing and referencing seriously!
Citing means giving a credit, generating a bibliography means providing navigation; and ultimately acknowledging the original researcher(s). It’s a necessary process, every PhD candidate must understand as early as possible.
If you are confused with citations, here is the article I am writing to make you understand how you can use an external or an online tool to generate a bibliography as per your style and requirement.
Stay tuned,
