Citing simply is an act of writing details of another source within the text of your article and paper.

A "citation" is the way you tell your readers that certain material in your work came from another source. It also gives your readers the information necessary to find that source again, including:

• information about the author

• the title of the work

• the name and location of the company that published your copy of the source

• the date your copy was published

• the page numbers of the material you are borrowing

Pattern of writing in-text citation (APA Style):

It is a site where users see each other's latest pictures and listen to their latest activities (Villiers 2010). As per the concise definition by Tom Coates, "Social software can be defined as software which supports, extends, or derives added value from human social behavior - message boards, music taste-sharing, photo-sharing, instant messaging, mailing lists, social networking." (Farkas, 2007). (Xia 2009) Has analyzed Facebook groups for their activity and membership to examine their performance in effectively promoting library visibility.

To read more about Citation visit the What is a Citation? page.

Source: https://library.nitrkl.ac.in/libguide/subjects/guide.php?subject=RC

Referencing is an act of acknowledging of your original sources (books, articles, monographs, data, and websites, etc.) one has used to write article and papers.

A "referencing" is a standardized method of formatting the information sources you have used in your assignments or written work. Any given referencing style serves two purposes:

• acknowledges the source

• allows the reader to trace the source.

Pattern of writing reference (APA Style):-

1. Farkas, Meredith G. (2007). Social software in libraries: building collaboration, communication, and community online. New Jersey: Information Today.

2. Villiers, M. R. R. de. (2010). Academic Use of a Group on Facebook: Initial Findings and Perceptions. Proceedings of Informing Science & IT Education Conference (InSITE).

3. Xia, Z. David (2009), Marketing library services through Facebook groups, Library Management, 30(6/7) pp. 469 – 478 Retrieved December 29, 2015 from http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/01435120910982159.

To read more about Referencing visit the What is referencing? page.

Source: https://library.nitrkl.ac.in/libguide/subjects/guide.php?subject=RC