Acknowledging Sources Responsibly
By
Nikki Leres Mulyati
Writing acknowledgment of
sources is very important in academic writing. Ideas that we take from certain
authors or experts must be accounted for by including resource recognition. If
acknowledgment is not done well, then a work written by an author will be
deemed to be copied by another author. It will destroy the reader's trust
in the author. Therefore, it is important for us to know the purposes and kinds of acknowledgment.
There are several reasons why we should
write acknowledgment on our academic writing. First, it is to maintain the authenticity of our work.
Second, it
is to
build the reader's credence on our writing. Readers can also read the
topic deeply by looking at the sources we have listed. Then, including credits
to authors whose work we use can present evidence of our arguments.
All forms
of material that we use in writing must be accountable. We must include
quotation from the author. There are two ways to quote a work or experts’
opinion, namely by direct and indirect quotation. Direct quotation is a
statement the authors write using the original sentence from the original
source without any modification. This is done to express an important point in
a post. We must be selective in stating direct quotation. We may need to quote
directly to explain definitions, theories, laws, principles, special terms, and
so on.
The second
way to present acknowledgment is indirect quotation. It is the idea or fact
taken from an outside source and it uses our own words. Indirect quotation can
be either summary or paraphrase. This can be done by listing the source on the
references page and writing the author's name and the year of publication in
the text.
The
authenticity of our idea as a writer is needed in academic writing. The form of
appreciation that we must give to the author or expert whose ideas we use is to
declare quotes directly and indirectly. We must maintain our credibility as the
author with responsibility for what we write
References
Academic
Integrity at Princeton. (2017). Acknowledging Your Sources.
Retrieved October 17, 2017,
from
America University of Iraq Sulaimani. Quotations and Paraphrasing. Retrieved
Monash
university. Referencing Sources. Retrieved October 17, 2017,
from
http://www.monash.edu.au/lls/llonline/writing/information-technology/sources/2.5.2.xml
Seyler, Dorothy U.. Read, Reason,
Write. New York: McGraw Hill, 2008
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