Many students underestimate the importance of referencing but from an academic perspective, referencing is vitally important.
The cornerstone of any academic writing be it a term paper, essay, research project or dissertation is the dissemination of ideas. References, i.e., source material based on the views, opinions and research findings of others provide the conceptual framework necessary to engage in analytical debate.
In addition to highlighting the importance of referencing, this article also highlights the most common referencing mistakes and where students can access the best free referencing resources.
Imagine you had to write an academic answer to the following question without references.
Criminal profiling is unscientific: discuss
Impossible. However, passionate or valid your personal view on the topic is e.g. “I disagree, I actually think criminal profiling is scientific because…”
I’m afraid from an academic perspective an unsubstantiated personal opinion is not worth the paper it’s written on. This is why the convention within academia is to write in the third person?
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