Why cite?
Providing references is essential, since it demonstrates the integrity required in academic works. By referencing you also engage with other people's work and guide your readers to you sources for further reading.
At the university, we are expected to comply with:
- established scientific norms. Our arguments and claims must be open to testing and criticism. Correct use of sources and references are elements in ensuring this.
- formal rules. Assignments to be assessed and research intended for publication should be the result of our own efforts and what we have learned. By referencing sources correctly we show what we have read and what we base our claims on.
Both researchers and students are responsible for complying with these norms and rules.
Cheating and plagiarizing
- Cheating at UiO
- Ethical guidelines for academia (Search and write website)