Ethical and Legal Aspects of Information

Introduction

An important part of the research process is compiling a bibliography — a list of sources consulted — and citing those sources. The main reason for citing sources is to give credit to the authors whose ideas you have used in your research paper. Citing your sources also allows readers of your work to build on your research by finding the sources to which you have referred. Finally, if you don’t cite the sources upon which your research is based, you will be guilty of the most ignoble academic sin: Plagiarism.