The LIU Post citation guide was very informative! Definitely a great resource to have when creating a reference page.

Ever since middle school I remember learning about citing sources, mostly only in MLA style. Then, once I started high school and college, APA style became more and more common.

I knew that there were different ways of citing sources, but I did not really know why. For example, I didn’t know that the medical field had their own style or that APA was only used for the social sciences, like the education field.

I also knew that anything that is not common knowledge must be cited. One thing that I wasn’t aware of, however, was that anything that is spoken must be cited. This makes sense to me because the words came from someone other than yourself, but I just didn’t know that there was a specific way to cite this information.

Lastly, I learned that if you are unsure of a citation, it is better to provide the most information possible to ensure that you give the proper credit where needed.