What is a citation technique?

What is a citation technique?

Citation Techniques. When quoting, a distinction must be made between literal or direct quotation and analogous or indirect quotation. Both must be marked accordingly. Scientific papers rarely use literal quotations, and only when the exact wording is important.

What is the effect of quotations?

Quotations can be the starting point of your own argumentation, can be used as a safeguard, serve as an antipole to your own position and much more. A quotation does not automatically explain what it should stand for: the function of the quotation must be made clear to the readers.

Why are quotations important?

References and quotations can make the writer’s thinking process easier to understand for the reader. A scientific contribution can only be used further if the argumentation, the (intellectual) experiment can be checked for the reader.

How does the citation work?

Quoting is comparable to direct speech. We always use quotations when we need the exact wording. When quoting a source, you need to use the exact words and spelling of the source. This means that you have to take over spelling mistakes or the old spelling yourself.

How should the bibliography look like?

You should sort the bibliography alphabetically according to the authors’ last names. Tip As soon as you use a new source in the running text of your bachelor thesis, insert the full source information directly into the bibliography.

Is the bibliography included?

Cover sheet, table of contents and bibliography as well as any illustrations or appendices contained in the text are not counted. Be sure to follow the guidelines for academic citation and bibliography.