Citing
sources is important so we can show where our ideas have come from and
give credit where it is due. This is important because the authors have
put a lot of time and effort into their research and it would be unfair
to them to not cite their work. We want our blog to be credible and our
audience to trust the information we put forth, by citing our sources we
are letting them know where we got the information. Finally by citing
our sources, it gives readers opportunities to delve further into topics
that we write about.
In
our blog, we plan to use hyperlinks for key terms or words that would
need additional explanation and for ideas that we have paraphrased from
other sources, we would put the url to the website at the bottom of the
page with a number at the end of the paragraph that corresponds with the
link (much like a wikipedia article). For the print sources, we would
cite
using the MLA format and place it at the bottom with other sources. We
are choosing to cite our sources this way because it is simple and
allows the reader to get more information on key topics. Also, by simply
using the URL to refer to the sources it eliminates the trouble of
having to sift through a formal citing method.
