design element Question: What does it mean to "cite" someone else's work? design element
Answer: Citing another person's work is a way for you to show that the product, image, or idea that you use to complete an assignment was not created by you, but was created by another person. See the example below:
My paper is titled "America's Gambling Problem"
  • In my paper, I need to show that Americans have the highest rate of gambling addictions in the world. I KNOW THIS BECAUSE I READ IT IN A BOOK LAST WEEK..

Your paper would read like this when giving credit to the source where you took your information:

So many problems have been attributed to the gambling epidemic, but very little has been done because most americans are not aware that they have a problem. Unfortunately, Americans have the highest rate of gambling addiction in the world (Frankenfurter 2003) This author name and date cites that book where you found your information a week ago. Wasn't that easy?